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Islamist terrorism and democracy in the Middle East
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ISBN: 9780521683791 9780521865180 0521683793 0521865182 9780511977367 9781139076906 1139076906 0511977360 9781139079181 1107218632 1139062557 1283110768 9786613110763 1139074652 1139068873 1139079182 1139081454 9781107218635 9781139062558 9781283110761 6613110760 9781139074650 9781139068871 9781139081450 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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What were the reasons behind the terrorist attacks of September 11th? Does the cause of Islamist terrorism relate to the lack of democracy in the Middle East? Through detailed research into the activities of both radical and moderate organizations across the Middle East, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hizbullah, and via interviews with key personnel, Katerina Dalacoura investigates whether repression and political exclusion pushed Islamist entities to adopt terrorist tactics. She also explores whether inclusion in the political process has had the opposite effect of encouraging Islamist groups toward moderation and ideological pragmatism. In a challenge to the conventional wisdom, she concludes that Islamist terrorism is not a direct consequence of authoritarianism in the Middle East and that there are many key factors that generate radicalism.


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The Cambridge companion to religion and terrorism
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ISBN: 9781107140141 1107140145 9781316505625 1316505626 9781316492536 Year: 2017 Publisher: New York, NY Cambridge University Press

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"There is currently much discussion regarding the causes of terrorist acts, as well as the connection between terrorism and religion. Terrorism is attributed either to religious 'fanaticism' or, alternately, to political and economic factors, with religion more or less dismissed as a secondary factor. The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism examines this complex relationship between religion and terrorism phenomenon through a collection of essays freshly written for this volume. Bringing varying approaches to the topic, from the theoretical to the empirical, the Companion includes an array of subjects, such as radicalization, suicide bombing, and rational choice, as well as specific case studies. The result is a richly textured collection that prompts readers to critically consider the cluster of phenomena that we have come to refer to as 'terrorism, ' and terrorism's relationship with the similarly problematic set of phenomena that we call 'religion.' -- From the publisher.

Comprendre l'acte terroriste
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ISBN: 2760512231 9782760512238 9781435690066 1435690060 9782760517424 276051742X 9782760528192 2760528197 Year: 2003 Publisher: Sainte-Foy, Quebec : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec,

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Parce que la majorité des citoyens jouissant de droits civiques ne peuvent comprendre et encore moins admettre le terrorisme, des sociologues, politicologues, psychologues, criminologues, philosophes et historiens présentent ici différents aspects de l'action terroriste; ils tentent d'expliquer les impacts, les réponses et les dilemmes moraux soulevés par les actes terroristes selon des perspectives politiques, psychanalytiques et criminologiques.


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Pourquoi ils font le djihad.Enquête sur la #GénérationMerah
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ISBN: 2268076466 9782268076461 Year: 2015 Publisher: Monaco Groupe Artège / Editions du Rocher


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Militant Islam : a sociology of characteristics, causes and consequences
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ISBN: 9780415412452 0415412455 0415412463 9780415412469 9780203891070 0203891074 1134126395 1281837903 9786611837907 9781134126347 9781134126385 9781134126392 Year: 2009 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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Militant Islam provides a sociological framework for understanding the rise and character of recent Islamic militancy. It takes a systematic approach to the phenomenon and includes analysis of cases from around the world, comparisons with militancy in other religions, and their causes and consequences.The sociological concepts and theories examined in the book include those associated with social closure, social movements, nationalism, risk, fear and 'de-civilising'. These are applied within three main themes; characteristics of militant Islam, multi-layered causes and the consequenc


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Body of victim, body of warrior : refugee families and the making of Kashmiri jihadists
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ISBN: 0520954548 9780520954540 9781299444362 1299444369 9780520274211 9780520274204 0520274202 0520274210 Year: 2013 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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This book provides a fascinating look at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Basing the book on her long-term fieldwork in the disputed borderlands between Pakistan and India, Cabeiri deBergh Robinson tells the stories of people whose lives and families have been shaped by a long history of political conflict. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, Robinson explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants. She reveals the fraught social processes by which individuals and families produce and maintain a modern jihad, and she shows how Muslim refugees have forged an Islamic notion of rights-a hybrid of global political ideals that adopts the language of human rights and humanitarianism as a means to rethink refugees' positions in transnational communities. Jihad is no longer seen as a collective fight for the sovereignty of the Islamic polity, but instead as a personal struggle to establish the security of Muslim bodies against political violence, torture, and rape. Robinson describes how this new understanding has contributed to the popularization of jihad in the Kashmir region, decentered religious institutions as regulators of jihad in practice, and turned the families of refugee youths into the ultimate mediators of entrance into militant organizations. This provocative book challenges the idea that extremism in modern Muslim societies is the natural by-product of a clash of civilizations, of a universal Islamist ideology, or of fundamentalist conversion.

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Islam and politics --- Refugees --- Jihad. --- Religious militants --- Kashmiri (South Asian people) --- Militants, Religious --- Religious terrorists --- Religious adherents --- Terrorism --- Displaced persons --- Persons --- Aliens --- Deportees --- Exiles --- Kashmiris (South Asian people) --- Ethnology --- Holy war (Islam) --- Islamic holy war --- Jahad --- Jehad --- Muslim holy war --- War (Islamic law) --- Islam --- Politics and Islam --- Political science --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- Jihad --- #SBIB:316.331H333 --- #SBIB:39A11 --- #SBIB:39A75 --- Godsdienst, oorlog en vrede --- Antropologie : socio-politieke structuren en relaties --- Etnografie: Azië --- Kashmiri (South Asian people) - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir --- Religious militants - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir --- Refugees - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir --- Refugees - India - Jammu and Kashmir --- Islam and politics - Pakistan - Azad Kashmir --- asia scholars. --- asian studies. --- contemporary muslims. --- ethnographers. --- ethnography. --- extremism. --- fieldwork. --- fundamentalism. --- global politics. --- historians. --- historical perspective. --- human rights. --- humanitarianism. --- india. --- kashmir. --- middle east. --- militant organizations. --- muslim jihadists. --- muslim refugees. --- nonfiction. --- pakistan. --- political conflict. --- political issues. --- political violence. --- refugee families. --- religious extremists. --- religious violence. --- social issues. --- south asia. --- transnational.


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Militant Jihadism : Today and Tomorrow
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ISSN: 0773056X ISBN: 9462701997 9789462701991 9461663021 9789461663023 9789461663030 946166303X Year: 2019 Volume: 6 Publisher: Leuven : Leuven University Press,

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Jihadist militants keep being a global threat. Many observers suggest that a transformation is likely to happen in their organisation, operation, mobilisation, and recruitment strategies, particularly after the territorial decline of the ?Caliphate? of the ?Islamic State.? This volume explores different aspects of the future trajectories of militant jihadism and the prospective transformation of this movement in and around Europe. The authors analyse the changing jihadist landscape and networks, and the societal challenges posed by both returned foreign terrorist fighters and those who have not returned to their countries of origin. Other topics of discussion are cyber jihadism, jihadist financing, women's position in and relevance for contemporary jihadism, the role of prisons in relation to radicalisation and militancy, and the changing theological dynamics. Based on recent empirical research, 'Militant Jihadism' offers a solid scholarly contribution to various disciplines that study violence, terrorism, security, and extremism.

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BPB9999 --- Religious militants --- Terrorism --- #SBIB:316.331H333 --- #SBIB:316.331H421 --- #SBIB:39A10 --- #SBIB:327.5H21 --- Militants, Religious --- Religious terrorists --- Religious adherents --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Islam --- Godsdienst, oorlog en vrede --- Morfologie van de godsdiensten: Islam --- Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- Vrede - oorlog, oorlogssituaties --- Religious aspects --- Academic collection --- BPB1912 --- Jihad --- Intégrisme religieux --- Religieus conservatisme --- Terrorisme --- Religious militants. --- Aspect religieux --- Islam. --- Islam and terrorism --- Islam et terrorisme --- Terrorisme et islam --- Terrorisme islamiste --- Islam et politique --- islám --- ισλαμισμός --- Iżlam --- islamas --- islams --- islamismo --- islam --- iszlám --- ислям --- ислам --- mahomedanism --- islamism --- moslimský veriaci --- islámské náboženství --- sunita --- islámská církev --- mohammedanisme --- šíita --- mohamedanizmus --- muslimi --- muhamedanisme --- mohamedánstvo --- Mohammedanism --- muhameedlus --- suna --- muhamedānisms --- muslimské náboženství --- muhamettilaisuus --- mahometonybė --- mešita --- Muhamedanizëm --- fundamentalism religios --- vallási fundamentalizmus --- fundamentalizm religijny --- uskonnollinen fundamentalismi --- fundamentaliżmu reliġjuż --- religiöser Fundamentalismus --- integrismo religioso --- ζηλωτισμός --- religieus conservatisme --- religious fundamentalism --- vjerski fundamentalizam --- náboženský fundamentalismus --- fundamentalizëm fetar --- verski fundamentalizem --- religiös fundamentalism --- integralismo religioso --- религиозен фундаментализъм --- reliģiskais fundamentālisms --- religiøs fundamentalisme --- usuline fundamentalism --- náboženský fundamentalizmus --- religinis fundamentalizmas --- верски фундаментализам --- муслимански фундаментализам --- христијански фундаментализам --- верски фанатизам --- islámský fundamentalismus --- исламски фундаментализам --- θρησκευτικός φανατισμός --- θρησκευτικός φονταμενταλισμός --- fundamentalismo religioso --- fondamentalisme religieux --- náboženský extremismus --- religieus integrisme --- křesťanský fundamentalismus --- fondamentalismo religioso --- fundamentalisme --- верски екстремизам --- muslimský fundamentalismus --- религиозен фундаментализам --- vallásos fundamentalizmus --- Ioslam --- bunúsaíochas reiligiúnach --- Religious aspecte & --- Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam --- Intégrisme religieux


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Violent non-state actors and the Syrian civil war : the ISIS and YPG cases
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ISBN: 3319675281 3319675273 3319884468 9783319884462 9783319675275 Year: 2018 Publisher: Cham: Springer,

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This book sheds new light on the security challenges for failed states posed by violent non-state armed actors (VNSAs). By focusing on the Syrian Civil War, it explores the characteristics, ideologies and strategies of the Islamic State (ISIS) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), as well as the regional and geopolitical impacts of these VNSAs. The contributors also cover topics such as the re-imagination of borders, the YPG’s demands for national sovereignty, and the involvement of regional and global powers in the Syrian crisis.“This timely volume by regional scholars and experts examines various aspects of the emergence and expansion of violent non-state actors in the Syrian/Iraqi conflict. The wealth of detail and approaches enhance our understanding of the transformation and dynamics of contemporary conflicts within and beyond the region.” Keith Krause, The Graduate Institute, Geneva “This book opens fascinating glimpses into contrasting forms of “state-like” governance established by non-state actors, ISIS and the Kurdish PYD. [...] It is an important source for students of the Syrian conflict, civil wars, failed states and hybrid governance.”Raymond Hinnebusch, Director Centre for Syrian Studies, University of St. Andrews “This book is an excellent resource for those looking for an interdisciplinary account of VNSAs during the Syrian civil war. It makes a nice contribution to the study of violent non state actors and poses a set of new and pressing questions.” Max Abrahms, Northeastern University.

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Non-state actors (International relations) --- Religious militants --- Terrorist organizations --- Terror organizations --- Terrorist groups --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Militants, Religious --- Religious terrorists --- Religious adherents --- Terrorism --- NGAs (International relations) --- Non-governmental actors (International relations) --- Nongovernmental actors (International relations) --- Non-state entities (International relations) --- Nonstate entities (International relations) --- Nonstate actors (International relations) --- International relations --- Religious aspects --- Terrorism. --- Middle East-Politics and governm. --- Peace. --- Security, International. --- Terrorism and Political Violence. --- Middle Eastern Politics. --- International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. --- Conflict Studies. --- International Security Studies. --- Collective security --- International security --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Coexistence, Peaceful --- Peaceful coexistence --- Peace-building --- Security, International --- War --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Political violence. --- Middle East—Politics and government. --- International humanitarian law. --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law) --- Violence


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War, religion and empire : the transformation of international orders
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ISBN: 9780521122092 9780521191289 9780511761102 9780511933042 0511933045 0511761104 0521122090 0521191289 0511862105 9780511862106 1282948458 9781282948457 9786612948459 6612948450 0511931697 9780511931697 0511927843 9780511927843 0511925301 9780511925306 0511930356 9780511930355 110721386X Year: 2011 Volume: 117 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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What are international orders, how are they destroyed, and how can they be defended in the face of violent challenges? Advancing an innovative realist-constructivist account of international order, Andrew Phillips addresses each of these questions in War, Religion and Empire. Phillips argues that international orders rely equally on shared visions of the good and accepted practices of organized violence to cultivate cooperation and manage conflict between political communities. Considering medieval Christendom's collapse and the East Asian Sinosphere's destruction as primary cases, he further argues that international orders are destroyed as a result of legitimation crises punctuated by the disintegration of prevailing social imaginaries, the break-up of empires, and the rise of disruptive military innovations. He concludes by considering contemporary threats to world order, and the responses that must be taken in the coming decades if a broadly liberal international order is to survive.


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Hybrid media events : the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the global circulation of terrorist violence
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ISBN: 9781787439160 9781787148529 9781787148512 1787148521 1787549135 178743916X 1787148513 Year: 2018 Publisher: Bingley : Emerald Publishing,

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What are hybrid media events? Who creates them and what kind of purpose do they serve in contemporary societies? This book addresses these questions by re-thinking media events in the contemporary digital media environment saturated by intensified circulation of radical violence. The empirical analyses draw on the investigation of theCharlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, in 2015 and the global responses those attacks stirred in the media audience. This book provides a new way of thinking about the idea of the hybrid in global media events. The authors give special emphasis to the hybrid dynamics between the different actors, platforms and messages in such events, explaining how global news media, terrorists and political elites interact with ordinary media users in social media. It demonstrates how tweets such as "Je suis Charlie" circulate from one digital media platform to another and what kind of belongings are created in those circulations during the times of distraction. In addition, the book examines how emotions, speed of communication and fight for attention become hybridized in the digital media. All these aspects, the authors argue, shape the ways in which we make sense of global media events in the present digital age. The authors invite readers to critically reflect the technological, economical, political and socio-cultural challenges connected with today's global media events and the ethical encounters they may entail.

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