TY  - BOOK
AU  - NILSSON Marco
TI  - Motivations for Jihad and cognitive dissonance - a qualitative analysis of former Swedish Jihadists
PY  - 2022///
KW  - SWEDISH JIHADISTS
KW  - RADICALIZATION AND CAUSAL INFERENCE
KW  - COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND PERCEPTIONS OF MOTIVATIONS
KW  - JIHAD AS FARD AL AYN
N2  - This study is based on interviews with three former Swedish jihadists, and it uses cognitive dissonance theory to analyze how their motivations for jihad changed-from the early stages of radicalization to fighting as part of a jihadist group and finally leaving jihad. It argues that cognitive dissonance is a causal mechanism, alternative to empathy and collective relative deprivation, that can explain how individuals with collective identities can be motivated to opt for jihad. For none of the interviewees did fundamentalist Islam provide a gateway into jihadism, nor did they seem to use Islam as a mere justification for violent behavior. Cognitive dissonance can also shed light on why some jihadists have not been susceptible to further radicalization by accepting even more radical ideas
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2019.1626091
ER  -