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Thematic Analysis of Online Jihadist Magazines
This chapter offers an in-depth thematic analysis of 26 issues of Inspire, Dabiq, Rumiyah, and Gaidi Mtaani. Driven by four research questions, the...
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A European Exception? Political Islam and Radical Islamism in Portugal
The main findings of this chapter suggest that Portugal is a peculiar case in the context of Western Europe. Jihadist attacks have never taken place...
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The Dynamics of Islamic Mass Organisations in Preventing Violent Extremism
Islamic mass organisations (IMOs) in Indonesia have historically played important roles in influencing a largely peaceful and strong social reform...
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Female Vulnerabilities for Terrorist Activities in the Sahel Zone
This paper addresses the issue of vulnerability of women and girls in the Sahel region with regard to terrorist activities. To this end, the current...
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The Impact of the Internet and Cyberspace on the Rise in Terrorist Attacks Across the US and Europe
This chapter critically analyses the impact of the Internet and associated technology on the rise in terrorist attacks across the US and Europe over...
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Conflict-Proofing Civilian Protection Rules in the Sahel: The Challenge of the Responsibility to Protect
In the context of insecurity in the Sahel, the protection of civilians is today’s major challenge. The growing presence of armed movements in the...
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Nigeria and the Transnationalisation of Kidnap** in the Lake Chad Region and the Gulf of Guinea
This chapter explores the transnational nature of the operation of the Nigerian-based kidnappers, that is, coastal militants or pirates in the Gulf...
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Competitive Rebel Governance in Syria
Recent literature on civil war dynamics has strongly focused on rebel infighting as one of the main features of multiparty civil wars and has...
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Introduction
This introduction provides the thematic framework of the present volume Kee** Peace in Troubled Times—Perspectives from Different Disciplines on...
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Differing Trajectories of Salafism in India and Pakistan: State Fragility, Identity and Violence
Contemporary research on Jihadist and other violent Muslim organisations places a significant amount of blame on ideological drivers within Islam....
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Unravelling Community Policing as a Panacea for Boko Haram Stalemate
Over ten years of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria has placed the Islamist Jihadist sect as the most notorious and intractable insurgent group that...
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Conclusion
In the final chapter the main findings of the book are summarised. We discuss how IS never obtained the majority of support at any period within the...
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The Islamisation of Privatised Violence in Post-authoritarian Indonesia
This chapter examines the Islamisation of privatised violence organisations in post authoritarian Indonesia. In particular, it addresses the question...
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Fighting Terrorism in Transition: Tunisian CT Between the Local and the Global
This chapter delves into the post-revolution Tunisian counterterrorism (CT) landscape, primarily focusing on the measures implemented. After...
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Localising Religious Authority: Recruitment, Training and Funding of Imams and Scholars
Chapter 8 addresses whether the “nativisation” of Islam and Muslim religious authorities in Australia is tenable in the current political climate. It...
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Confronting Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Eastern Africa
This chapter takes a critical retrospective-evaluative approach to examine the wickedness—complexity, interdependence of variables and intractability...
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The Discourse of the War on Terror in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia
This chapter is dedicated to a critical examination of the post-2011 counterterrorism (CT) political discourse. By critically analysing the language,...
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Violent Conflict in the Sahel: Causes, Dynamics, and Actors
Over the past decade, the Sahel has experienced endemic poverty and governance failures in different forms. The region has been confronted with...
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Muslim NGOs in Contemporary Ghana
Ghana is a predominantly Christian country although state authority and government institutions are secular by definition. Muslims constitute about...
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Understanding Violent Extremism in Indonesia
This chapter examines what we know about radicalisation and recruitment into violent extremism in Indonesia over the past 70 years. It reviews the...