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Covert Violence: Counting Cultural Trauma at the Intersection of ATR, Islam, and Neoliberalism in Africa
This chapter will deal with the relationship between trauma and mental health of loss of culture and will hopefully put another nail in the coffin to...
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Variation of Muslim Practice in Indonesia
Indonesia straddles the equator in Southeast Asia. It is the world’s fourth most populous country and has the largest Muslim population. It is also...
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Variation of Muslim Practice in Indonesia
Indonesia straddles the equator in Southeast Asia. It is the world’s fourth most populous country and has the largest Muslim population. It is also...
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Identity, Religion, and Radicalization
This chapter sets the scene for the entire book, which is based on a qualitative study involving fifty-one in-depth interviews with American Muslims...
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Sectarianism and National Cohesion Sunni Political Activism in Iran
In recent decades, Sunni Muslims in Iran (estimated at 8–10% of the total population) have sought to reconfigure their status by creating a political...
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Religion and the State in Afghanistan
Written after Western forces fully pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021, this chapter looks at the rise of the Taliban and its ideology and forecasts...
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Conclusion: Not an Excess of Religion, But a Lack of Humanity—In Search of “Mainstream Islam”
This chapter provides a recap of this volume’s major themes beginning with a discussion of the question of “religious extremism” in Islam. The use of...
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Islamophobic Agenda: An Analysis of Media Representation of Radicalization and Terrorism in Kenya Since 2000
This chapter explores how the media framed and represented terrorism and radicalization into violent extremism along the East Africa region within...
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Map** the Terrain of Islamism and Religious Authority: Insights from the Middle East, Southeast Asia and South Asia
This chapter presents a comparative analysis of the multifaceted and contested nature of religious authority in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and...
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The Future of Radicalization
This chapter sums up the discussions in the five previous chapters of this monograph. It examines the ways in which Muslim extremist groups continued...
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National Security and De-radicalization
This chapter examines the Counter Violent Extremism program, and the resistance to this program by some American Muslims. It investigates some...
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Islam in the Maghreb: Between Sufis and Salafis
This chapter examines the major Islamic groups in three North African countries, namely, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It analyzes the Maghrebi...
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Muslims and Terrorism
The image of Muslims engaging in terrorism, especially suicide terrorism, has been a fixture of news media coverage around the world since the early...
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Muslims and Terrorism
The image of Muslims engaging in terrorism, especially suicide terrorism, has been a fixture of news media coverage around the world since the early...
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Psychological Perspectives on Radicalization
Through the insights of the participants in this study, this chapter tries to understand why some radicalized Muslims have committed acts of...
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Islam’s Diverse Paths, Part One: Patterns of Belief
This chapter provides a brief introduction to the study of Islam that takes as its starting point the religion’s inherent pluralism and diversity. It...
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Islam, Conflict, Peace and Security in Africa
Many countries in Africa have not experienced enduring peace and stability. Internal conflicts have bedevilled countries such as South Africa,...
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The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order Approach to Peaceful Coexistence Through Mawlana Sheikh Nazim Al-Haqqani’s Words and Actions
This chapter explores how the main figure of the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi order, Mawlana Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani, taught and practiced peaceful...
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Madrasas and Extremism
The madrasa and extremism interrelationship is a twenty-first-century discourse. It grabbed international limelight after terrorists struck United...
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Madrasas and Extremism
The madrasa and extremism interrelationship is a twenty-first-century discourse. It grabbed international limelight after terrorists struck United...