Islamic Political Radicalism
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Tahir Abbas
About this book
Analyses the sociological, anthropological, psychological and political causes and consequences of Islamic political radicalism in Europe
Authors explore the motivations behind such radicalism, focusing on an array of different factors. These include economic and social alienation, political and cultural marginalisation, gender and masculinity, and psychological issues, both at an individual and community level.
Other issues discussed are the state responses, national and international, to the ‘War on Terror’ which came about after the attacks on America in September 2001; and the role of Islamic political organisations and their impact on changing ethno-religious identities. This is considered particularly in relation to concept of the Ummah and its influence on the position of Islam and Muslims in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine, as well as Bosnia, Chechnya, and Kashmir.
The authors provide an analysis of events and experiences in different European nation states, with a detailed focus on Britain. This book is particularly relevant in the current climate as an attempt to understand the factors that shape Islamic political radicalism in Europe.
Key Features
- Written for academics as well as activists and practitioners
- Explores major new and emerging issues, particularly in the aftermath of the July 2005 London bombings
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Notes on the Contributors
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Preface and Acknowledgements
xiii - PART I DEFINITIONS
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Islamic Political Radicalism in Western Europe
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CHAPTER 2 The Discourse of ‘Terrorism’ between Violence, Justice and International order
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CHAPTER 3 A Clinical Psychology Perspective on Radical Islamic Youth
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CHAPTER 4 The Scales for Defining Islamic Political Radicalism
42 - PART II ISLAMIC POLITICAL RADICALISM IN EUROPE
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CHAPTER 5 Europe and Political Islam: Encounters of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
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CHAPTER 6 Anti-Semitism amongst Muslims
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CHAPTER 7 The Growth of Islamic Radicalism in Eurasia
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CHAPTER 8 RADICAL ISLAM IN EUROPE: MISPERCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS
99 - Part III THE BRITISH CONTEXT
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CHAPTER 9 How the Zionist Colonisation of Palestine Radicalised British Muslims
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CHAPTER 10 From the Ethos of Justice to the Ideology of Justice: Understanding Radical Views of Scottish Muslims
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CHAPTER 11 Islamic Political Radicalism in Britain: The Case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir
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CHAPTER 12 ISLAMIC POLITICAL RADICALISM IN BRITAIN: MUSLIM MEN IN BRADFORD
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CHAPTER 13 ‘Because I am Pakistani . . . and I am Muslim . . . I am Political’ – Gendering Political Radicalism: Young Femininities in Bradford
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CHAPTER 14 Disconnection and Exclusion: Pathways to Radicalisation?
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CHAPTER 15 Transitional Religiosity Experiences: Contextual Disjuncture and Islamic Political Radicalism
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CHAPTER 16 An Assessment of Colonial Strategies of Resistance, Liminality and Herberg’s Thesis in the Rise of Radicalism among British South Asian Youth
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Chapter 17 Ruminations and Reflections on British Muslims and Islam post-7/71
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CHAPTER 18 Electronic Monitoring and the Creation of Control Orders for Terrorist Suspects in Britain
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CHAPTER 19 British Islamic Political Radicalism
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CHAPTER 20 Disengaging with Terrorism: The Internal Muslim Challenge in Deligitimising Radicalism as a Means of Tackling Extremism
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