Jihad and Death: The Global Appeal of Islamic State
Publisher’s description How has ISIS been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to[…]
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Terror in France: The Rise of Jihad in the West
Publisher’s description The virulent new brand of Islamic extremism threatening the West In November 2015, ISIS terrorists massacred scores of people in Paris with coordinated attacks on the Bataclan concert[…]
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The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism
Publisher’s description 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,[…]
Terrorism Events Data: An Inventory of Databases and Data Sets, 1968-2017
Journal abstract This Research Note presents 60 key databases, data sets and chronologies on terrorism events data developed since 1968. It describes design characteristics of these quantitative data collections and[…]
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Towards Academic Consensus Definitions of Radicalism and Extremism
Journal abstract Radicalism and extremism are frequently (mis-)used concepts. The meaning of these terms is vague and the boundaries between them and between either of these terms and mainstream political[…]
Central Asian Jihadists in the Front Line
Journal abstract Since the beginning of 2017, a string of jihadist terrorist attacks involved Central Asian citizens, mainly of Uzbek and Kirgiz origin, notably in Turkey, Russia and Sweden. Another[…]
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A Community of True Believers: Learning as Process among “The Emigrants”
Journal abstract This paper applies the concept of “communities of practice” to al-Muhajiroun (“the Emigrants”), an outlawed activist network that seeks to create an Islamic caliphate in Britain and the[…]
The Islamic State after the Caliphate – Can IS Go Underground?
Journal abstract While ISIS may intend to resume its underground existence in Syria and Iraq as the ISIS statelet is about to be defeated, this may turn out to be[…]
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Notes to the Underground: Credit Claiming and Organizing in the Earth Liberation Front
Journal abstract This paper presents a case study of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), based on interviews of the group’s former affiliates. It examines the role of credit claims in[…]
Online as the New Frontline: Affect, Gender, and ISIS-Take-Down on Social Media
Journal abstract Using a dataset of more than 80 accounts during 2015, this article explores the gendered ways in which self-proclaiming Twitter Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) supporters[…]
