Although the West denounces the spread of radical Islam in Saudi
Arabia, Pakistan, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, it tends to
overlook the development of Islamic extremism in its own societies.
Over the past several decades, groups like al-Qaeda have been
supported by thousands of citizens of the United States, the United
Kingdom, and other Western democracies. Rejecting their national
identity, they have heeded international calls to "jihad" and formed
extremist groups to fight their own countries. This groundbreaking
book represents one of the first systematic attempts to explain why
Westerners join radical Islamic groups. Quintan Wiktorowicz details
the mechanisms that attract potential recruits, the instruments of
persuasion that convince them that radical groups represent "real
Islam," and the socialization process that prods them to engage in
risky extremism. Throughout, he traces the subtle process that can
turn seemingly unreligious people into supporters of religious
violence. The author's invaluable insights are based upon nearly
unprecedented access to a radical Islamic group in the West. His
extraordinary fieldwork forms the basis of a detailed case study of
al-Muhajiroun, a transnational movement based in London that supports
Bin Laden and other Islamic terrorists. Through its rich empirical
detail, this book explains why ordinary people join extremist
movements.
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Muslim Extremism in the West
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ISBN
9781461641711
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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