The role of religion in Islamist radicalisation processes/ Jeppe Fuglsang Larsen
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Critical Studies on Terrorism: Vol 13, No 3, June 2020, pp.396-417 (112)Summary: This article argues that an attempt to grasp processes of radicalisation could emerge from an analytical view that tries to understand how variations of the two positions can be connected. Understanding Islam as an inherently violent religion is mere nonsense since only a very small minority of Muslims endorse or commit violence in the name of Islam, and the vast majority of victims of Islamist terror attacks are other Muslims. However, it also seems analytically and empirically ill-informed to disregard religion altogether in the analysis of Islamist radicalisation.
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This article argues that an attempt to grasp processes of radicalisation could emerge from an analytical view that tries to understand how variations of the two positions can be connected. Understanding Islam as an inherently violent religion is mere nonsense since only a very small minority of Muslims endorse or commit violence in the name of Islam, and the vast majority of victims of Islamist terror attacks are other Muslims. However, it also seems analytically and empirically ill-informed to disregard religion altogether in the analysis of Islamist radicalisation.
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