Islamist Terrorism In Europe

Author : Lewis Herrington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000414486

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Understanding Islamist Terrorism in Europe by Lewis Herrington Pdf

This book argues that guilt, shame, and remorse, associated with a history of substance abuse, explain why a minority of Islamist extremists carried out suicide terrorism in Europe between 2001 and 2018. Since 9/11, Islamist terrorism has dominated the European security landscape, but there has been little systematic analysis of either the attacks or the men responsible. This book addresses that gap, drawing on terrorist discourse, court transcripts, elite interviews, government reports, and three years of ethnography to provide an exhaustive account of how and why Islamist terrorism has occurred in Europe. Making a detailed analysis of 48 terrorist attacks carried out by 80 suicide terrorists, the book introduces two new theories. The first argues that most of these men first engaged in Islamist extremism as an alternative to substance abuse. The second contends that, following a five-stage process of radicalisation, cognitive dissonance triggered guilt, shame, and remorse over previous misconduct. From this emotional distress, suicide terrorism emerged as a rational choice ahead of either suicide or a return to active addiction. This book argues that the root cause of suicide terrorism in Europe is not so much politics or religion but is more about personal crisis and a search for redemption. This book will be of great interest to students of terrorism/counterterrorism, de-radicalisation, political Islam, and security studies in general.

Author : Petter Nesser
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190934705

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Islamist Terrorism in Europe by Petter Nesser Pdf

Europe is still facing an increase in terrorist plotting. This has led to growing security concerns over the fallout of the Syrian conflict, and the sizeable contingents of battle-hardened European foreign fighters, who are seeking to return home. This book provides a comprehensive account of the rise of jihadist militancy in Europe and offers a detailed background for understanding the current and future threat. Based on a wide range of new primary sources, it traces the phenomenon back to the late 1980s, and the formation of jihadist support networks in Europe in the early 1990s. Combining analytical rigor with empirical richness, Petter Nesser offers a comprehensive account of patterns of terrorist cell formation and plots between 1995 and 2017. In contrast to existing research which has emphasized social explanations, failed immigration and homegrown radicalism, this book highlights the transnational aspects. It shows how jihadi terrorism in Europe is intrinsically linked to and reflects the ideological agendas of armed organizations in conflict zones, and how entrepreneurial jihad-veterans facilitate such trans-nationalization of militancy.

Author : Russell A. Berman
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817911164

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Freedom or Terror by Russell A. Berman Pdf

In his analysis of Europe's ambivalence toward jihadist terror and the spread of aggressive Islamism, with particular emphasis on the European responses—or lack thereof—to this violent anti-modernism, Russell A. Berman describes how some European countries opt for appeasement and apologetics, whereas others muster the strength to defend their way of life and stand up for freedom. He describes a complex continent of different nations and traditions to further our understanding of the range of reactions to Islamism.

Author : Lorenzo Vidino
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781615923113

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Al Qaeda in Europe by Lorenzo Vidino Pdf

Written by an expert at The Investigative Project, a counterterrorism institute and America's largest private data-gathering center on militant Islamic activities, this text fills a critical gap in the understanding of the new threats posed by Islamist terrorism.

Author : Girma Yohannes Iyassu Menelik
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640523993

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Europe: The Future Battleground of Islamic Terrorism by Girma Yohannes Iyassu Menelik Pdf

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: excellent, University of Miami (FL. And Brookings Institution Washington D. C.; Security And Terrorism Studies), course: Homegrown Terrorists And Their Future Goals In Europe, language: English, abstract: On November 28th 2009, referendum, a constitutional amendment banning the construction of new minarets was approved by 57.5% of the participating voters in Switzerland (based on their direct-vote system). The outcome of such a referendum angered not the moderates but all radical Muslims throughout Europe, the Middle-East, Asia, Africa and Pakistan.Do those radicals do the same if Vatican venture to construct a Church in Riad or Istanbul? The reason is simple, the people of Switzerland (57%)were afraid by the dramatic development of Islamic institutions and the Europe-wide agitation of radicalists' through their mosques and forums. As you can read in this book, the radical Muslims were angry because one of their strategic pillar that carried their future goals has failed, hidered or doomed. The initial strategy targeting Europe as the future battleground for radical Islamic terrorists, was born in Geneva, Switzerland. Their goal is "to get back Europe, the continent once belonged to them". For that purpose, they have laid down the groundwork that has been in process since the 1950s. Early in 1950, most members of Islamic Brotherhood (Ikwans, together with those retired Arabic soldiers who fought alongside Nazi-Germany, planted their Mosques in Geneva and Munich. Today, the Ikwans; allied with the Turkish (Milli Goerues) and Asian Islamic fundamentalists, succeeded (with oil Dollars from the Wahabists) in establishing hundreds of Mosques, Research Institutes and diverse business firms throughout Europe. Radical Muslims in Europe operate with a new under-cover strategy -attracting educated youngsters; immigrants, stude

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PURD:32754077533010

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Islamic Extremism in Europe by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats Pdf

Author : Daniela Pisoiu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136650659

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Islamist Radicalisation in Europe by Daniela Pisoiu Pdf

This book examines the Islamist radicalisation process in Europe, and develops a new theoretical model, based on the evolution of Islamist radicals in their social environment.

Author : Michael Radu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39076002883515

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Europe's Ghost by Michael Radu Pdf

In Europe’s Ghost, Michael Radu reveals that Europe’s identity crisis does not lie in past or present racism or in a variety of largely invented or anachronistic crimes, but in the self-inflicted renunciation of national traditions in favor of multiculturalism. In fact, most European elites see jihadism as nothing but a peculiar form of criminality, due to the social and economic problems inside Europe, rather than what it is: a peculiar form of warfare rooted in cultural developments imported from the Muslim world. The truth, Radu offers, is that most Muslims in most European countries see themselves as visitors, rather than as citizens of Europe. Thus, the British media’s outcry over the phenomenon of British-born Muslim terrorists murdering “fellow Britons” is dangerously misplaced.

Author : Angel Rabasa,Cheryl Benard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107078932

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Eurojihad by Angel Rabasa,Cheryl Benard Pdf

Eurojihad examines the scope of Islamist extremism and terrorism and the sources of radicalization in Muslim communities in Europe.

Author : Alison Pargeter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786725028

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The New Frontiers of Jihad by Alison Pargeter Pdf

Following the terrorist attacks on London and Madrid, radical Islam is presumed to be an increasingly potent force in Europe. Yet beneath the media hysteria, very little is actually known about it. What radical movements are there? How do they operate? What is driving them? Who are their recruits? What is their relationship, if any, to Al Qaeda? Alison Pargeter has spent three years interviewing radical Islamists throughout Europe to find answers to these questions. She examines how radical ideology travels from East to West, and how the two contexts shape each other. She finds that contrary to what some analysts have claimed, the European Muslim community has not become radicalised en masse. What has happened is that in a globalised world, Middle Eastern power struggles are now being played out in the mosques of Birmingham, Paris and Milan. This is a must-read book for anyone who wants to know the real story of the jihad which has apparently arrived in our back yard.

Author : Petter Nesser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Islam and politics
ISBN : 0190638567

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Islamist Terrorism in Europe by Petter Nesser Pdf

The work provides a comprehensive account of Islamist terrorism in Europe from 1994 until 2015, and a detailed background for understanding the current and future threat. In contrast to existing research, which has emphasized social explanations, failed immigration and home-grown radicalization, the text highlights transnational factors. It shows how jihadi terrorism in Europe is intrinsically linked to, and reflects the ideological agendas of, armed organizations in conflict zones such as Al Qaida and IS, and how entrepreneurial jihad-veterans facilitate the transnationalization of militancy.

Author : Maria do Céu Pinto
Publisher : Rubbettino Editore
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8849808879

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Islamist and Middle Eastern Terrorism: a Threat to Europe? by Maria do Céu Pinto Pdf

Author : Jytte Klausen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198870791

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Western Jihadism by Jytte Klausen Pdf

This book tells the story of how Al Qaeda grew in the West. In forensic and compelling detail, Jytte Klausen traces how Islamist revolutionaries exiled in Europe and North America in the 1990s helped create and control one of the world's most impactful terrorist movements--and how, after the near-obliteration of the organization during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, they helped build it again. She shows how the diffusion of Islamist terrorism to Europe and North America has been driven, not by local grievances of Western Muslims, but by the strategic priorities of the international Salafi-jihadist revolutionary movement. That movement has adapted to Western repertoires of protest: agitating for armed insurrection and religious revivalism in the name of a warped version of Islam. The jihadists-Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, and their many affiliates and associates--also proved to be amazingly resilient. Again and again, the movement recovered from major setbacks. Appealing to disaffected Muslims of immigrant origin and alienated converts to Islam, Jihadist groups continue to recruit new adherents in Europe and North America, street-side in neighborhoods, in jails, and online through increasingly clandestine platforms. Taking a comparative and historical approach, deploying cutting-edge analytical tools, and drawing on her unparalleled database of up to 6,500 Western jihadist extremists and their networks, Klausen has produced the most comprehensive account yet of the origins of Western jihadism and its role in the global movement.

Author : Per-Erik Nilsson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108638081

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Open Source Jihad by Per-Erik Nilsson Pdf

In Open Source Jihad, Per-Erik Nilsson provides a unique overview of the academic research and political legislation concerning “Islamic terrorism” in Europe. He scrutinises in detail how the concepts “terrorism,” “radicalisation,” and “counter-terrorism” have developed as academic objects of study and political objects of governance. In the Element, Nilsson brings to the fore systemic problems of the field of terrorism studies as well as the various anti-terrorist apparatuses developed by EU member states. Open Source Jihad should be required reading for anyone interested in current European political and social events.

Author : Rik Coolsaet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317110927

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Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge by Rik Coolsaet Pdf

Osama bin Laden's demise in May 2011 marked only the symbolic end of an era. By the time of his killing, he no longer represented the Robin Hood icon that once stirred global fascination. Ten years after the 11 September 2001 attacks, jihadi terrorism has largely lost its juggernaut luster. It now mostly resembles a patchwork of self-radicalising local groups with international contacts but without any central organisational design - akin to the radical left terrorism of the 1970s and the anarchist fin-de-siècle terrorism. This volume addresses two issues that remain largely unexplored in contemporary terrorism studies. It rehabilitates the historical and comparative analysis as a way to grasp the essence of terrorism, including its jihadi strand. Crucial similarities with earlier forms of radicalisation and terrorism abound and differences appear generally not fundamental. Likewise, the very concept of radicalisation is seldom questioned anymore. Nevertheless it often lacks conceptual clarity and empirical validation. Once considered a quintessential European phenomenon, the United States too experiences how some of its own citizens radicalise into terrorist violence. This collective work compares radicalisation in both continents and the strategies aimed at de-radicalisation. But it also assesses if the concept merits its reputation as the holy grail of terrorism studies. The volume is aimed at an audience of decision makers, law enforcement officials, academia and think tanks, by its combination of novel thinking, practical experience and a theoretical approach.