Journal abstract Following 9/11, Al-Qaeda-orchestrated plots were considered the greatest threat to Western security and sparked the coalition’s war on terror. Close to a decade later, the post-9/11 threat landscape[…]
Journal abstract What determines the success or failure of far-right organisations? This article uses new qualitative data to explain the sudden rise and subsequent decline of the English Defence League,[…]
Publisher’s description There is no English state within the UK—no English passport, Parliament or currency; nor is there any immediate prospect of one. But that does not mean that England[…]
Journal abstract Proscription orders in UK legislation against terrorist groups have proliferated since 9/11. Added to the dozen or so Northern Ireland terrorist groups, around 70 international groups and one[…]
In November 2015 the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the UK. According to Indian media, during this visit he presented a dossier on ‘Sikh radicalisation in Britain’ to his[…]
As part of ongoing research on both radical Islamist and far-right extremism, I spent the best part of 2009 following the activities of one British city’s al-Muhajiroun group. Also known[…]
Journal abstract Groups of racist skinheads now constitute a significant element of the global radical right. The British youth subculture of the late 1960s has thus been transformed into a[…]
Publisher’s description This book explores everyday realities of young Muslim women in Britain, who are portrayed as antithetical to the British way of life in media and political discourse. The[…]
This paper discusses the rise of the radical right in Europe as well as right-wing extremist violence.
This article provides both a good introductory survey to approaches to counter-radicalisation, placing US efforts in the context of European practices.
Pursuing the allure of combat: an ethnography of violence amongst Iraqi Shi’I combatants fighting ISIS19 September, 2018
Theology, heroism, justice, and fear: an analysis of ISIS propaganda magazines Dabiq and Rumiyah18 September, 2018
Blood and Faith: Christianity in American White Nationalism17 September, 2018
Violent extremism: how communities can help counter it14 September, 2018