Religious Extremism

Author : Bin Ali Mohamed
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783263943

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Roots Of Religious Extremism, The: Understanding The Salafi Doctrine Of Al-wala' Wal Bara' by Bin Ali Mohamed Pdf

One of the issues in contemporary Islamic thought which has attracted considerable attention amongst Muslim scholars and within the Muslim community is the valid and appropriate attitude of Muslims to relationships with non-Muslims. A major source of confusion and controversy with regards to this relationship comes from the allegation that Muslims must reserve their love and loyalty for fellow Muslims, and reject and declare war on the rest of humanity — most acutely seen through the Islamic concept of Al-Wala' wal Bara' (WB) translated as “Loyalty and Disavowal”, which appears to be central in the ideology of modern Salafism.This book investigates the dynamics and complexities of the concept of WB within modern Salafism and aims to understand the diverse interpretation of this concept; and how modern Salafis understand and apply the concept in contemporary religious, social and political settings. The book discovers that the complexities, diversities and disputes surrounding the concept in modern Salafism often revolve around issues of social, political and current realities.The significance of this book lies in the fact that comprehending modern Salafis' conception of WB, its realities and complexities has become an urgent priority in the lives of Muslims today.

Author : Paul Mason,Otto James
Publisher : Evans Brothers
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780237542191

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Religious Extremism by Paul Mason,Otto James Pdf

'Religious Extremism' tackles subjects such as the possible links between religious extremism and terrorism; the part religious extremism plays in dangerous cults; and the role international relations and politics plays in causing religious extremism.

Author : Neil J. Kressel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015070768570

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Bad Faith by Neil J. Kressel Pdf

This book journeys to the heart of religious extremism and analyzes the nature of religious militancy. Kressel, who has spent decades researching genocide, terrorism, and anti-Semitism, brings to bear the insights of psychology and social science on this significant and critical problem.

Author : Dr Ajai Lall,Josh Howard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990757854

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Christian Extremism by Dr Ajai Lall,Josh Howard Pdf

This insightful book is a call to action for Christians to get out of their comfort zones and become "Christian Extremists." A positive form of extremism will "result in a move of God that can transform this world in an incredible way- not through anger, bombs and pain, but through love, commitment, and sacrifice." Compassion and humility shine through this appeal for all Christians to be "either all out or all in" when responding to Jesus's final command to "go and make disciples of all nations."

Author : ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muʻallā Luwayḥiq
Publisher : Al-Basheer Publications & Translations
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Islam
ISBN : 1891540114

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Religious Extremism in the Lives of Contemporary Muslims by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muʻallā Luwayḥiq Pdf

Author : Jack Covarrubias,Tom Lansford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317022770

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The New Islamic State by Jack Covarrubias,Tom Lansford Pdf

The rise of the Islamic State has dramatically forced a recalculation of political order and security in the Persian Gulf and broader Greater Middle East by the United States and its allies and adversaries, including, most notably, Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Since the Arab Spring of 2011, the Islamic State has altered the military balance in the Syrian intra-state conflict and captured significant territory in Iraq. Its military successes has attracted foreign fighters from more than 100 countries, drawn in some cases by a sophisticated recruitment strategy that effectively combines a jihadist message with a social media outreach program targeting vulnerable Muslim populations in the region and the West. The Islamic State has prompted renewed American and allied military intervention in Iraq and Syria, and complicated the US relationship with its Iranian adversaries. The New Islamic State examines the rise of the religious extremist organization from the ashes of al-Qaeda in Iraq to its current efforts in Syria and Iraq and is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the Islamic State, its effects on the Persian Gulf and Greater Middle East, and the response of both regional and great powers. The book is suitable for academics, policymakers and the general public.

Author : Imran Ahmed,Zahid Shahab Ahmed,Howard Brasted,Shahram Akbarzadeh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811668470

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Religion, Extremism and Violence in South Asia by Imran Ahmed,Zahid Shahab Ahmed,Howard Brasted,Shahram Akbarzadeh Pdf

This book sheds light on religiously motivated extremism and violence in South Asia, a phenomenon which ostensibly poses critical and unique challenges to the peace, security and governance not only of the region, but also of the world at large. The book is distinctive in-so-far as it reexamines conventional wisdom held about religious extremism in South Asia and departs from the literature which centres its analyses on Islamic militancy based on the questions and assumptions of the West’s ‘war on terror’. This volume also offers a comprehensive analysis of new extremist movements and how their emergence and success places existing theoretical frameworks in the study of religious extremism into question. It further examines topical issues including the study of social media and its impact on the evolution and operation of violent extremism. The book also analyses grassroots and innovative non-state initiatives aimed to counter extremist ideologies. Through case studies focusing on Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, this collection examines extremist materials, methods of political mobilisation and recruitment processes and maps the interconnected nature of sociological change with the ideological transformations of extremist movements.

Author : Ami Pedahzur,Leonard Weinberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135758899

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Religious Fundamentalism and Political Extremism by Ami Pedahzur,Leonard Weinberg Pdf

This book explores the relationships between fundamentalist religious belief, political extremism and outbreaks of religiously inspired violence. Is the post-Cold War world increasingly violent and is this violence the result of strident religious understandings of how societies should be organized?

Author : Phil Gurski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Radicalism
ISBN : 1626378487

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When Religion Kills by Phil Gurski Pdf

Christian fundamentalists. Hindu nationalists. Islamic jihadists. Buddhist militants. Jewish extremists. Members of these and other religious groups have committed horrific acts of terrorist violence in recent decades. How is this possible? How do individuals use their religious beliefs to justify such actions? How do they manipulate the language and symbols of their faith to motivate others to commit violence in the name of the divine? Phil Gurski addresses these essential questions as he explores violent extremism across a broad range of the world's major religions.

Author : Abosede Omowumi Babatunde,Mahfouz A. Adedimeji,Shittu Raji,Jacinta Mwende Maweu,John Mwangi Githigaro
Publisher : African Governance
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Internal security
ISBN : 1032111127

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Managing Violent Religious Extremism in Fragile States by Abosede Omowumi Babatunde,Mahfouz A. Adedimeji,Shittu Raji,Jacinta Mwende Maweu,John Mwangi Githigaro Pdf

This book examines how African states can build the institutional capacity to better prevent, manage and cope with the new security challenges posed by violent religious extremism. Despite the evidence that violent religious extremism is exacerbated by underlying social, political, economic and governance factors, many states have focused their efforts only on reactive and coercive response strategies, overlooking more long-term measures. This comparative study of Nigeria and Kenya reflects on why insurgency in Kenya has not escalated to full blown terrorism as it has with Boko Haram in Nigeria, in spite of the similarities in relatively weak institutions of governance and colonial legacies across the two countries. The book interrogates the policy and institutional responses that have been put in place in both countries to address security challenges, and the extent of their efficacy in light of the intricate networks of politics, governance, corruption, poverty and violence and the relative fragility of state institutions. The authors highlight the areas of convergence and divergence in institutional capacities and recommend policies to enhance the capacity of institutions to manage violent religious extremism. This book will be of interest to scholars of African Politics, Security, Peace Studies and Terrorism.

Author : Douglas Pratt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781474292269

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Religion and Extremism by Douglas Pratt Pdf

Focusing on the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Douglas Pratt argues that despite a popular focus on Islam, extremist Jews and Christians can also enact terror and destruction. Religion and Extremism stresses that the ideological rejection of diversity underlies religious extremism resulting in violent behaviours and, increasingly, in hardening social and religious attitudes and responses. An analysis of religiously-driven terrorism reveals the presence of a distinctive and rigid form of exclusivity found in these religions. In this regard, the contemporary resurgence in totalising claims of fundamentalist ideologues is cause for particular concern. Pratt reasons that however expressed, the motif of the 'Absolute' is central to all, but how that absolute is and has been received, interpreted and responded to, is a matter of great diversity. The author asserts that theological 'Absolutism' displays an underlying dynamic whereby these three religions may be led into extremism. Religion and Extremism also explores contemporary issues of Islamophobia and mutual extremism, identified as 'reactive co-radicalization', and concludes by reflecting on how extremism today might be countered.

Author : Leonard Weinberg,Ami Pedahzur
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780714654928

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Religious Fundamentalism and Political Extremism by Leonard Weinberg,Ami Pedahzur Pdf

This book explores the relationships between fundamentalist religious belief, political extremism and outbreaks of religiously inspired violence. Is the post-Cold War world increasingly violent and is this violence the result of strident religious understandings of how societies should be organized?

Author : Eli Berman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262258005

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Radical, Religious, and Violent by Eli Berman Pdf

Applying fresh tools from economics to explain puzzling behaviors of religious radicals: Muslim, Christian, and Jewish; violent and benign. How do radical religious sects run such deadly terrorist organizations? Hezbollah, Hamas, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Taliban all began as religious groups dedicated to piety and charity. Yet once they turned to violence, they became horribly potent, executing campaigns of terrorism deadlier than those of their secular rivals. In Radical, Religious, and Violent, Eli Berman approaches the question using the economics of organizations. He first dispels some myths: radical religious terrorists are not generally motivated by the promise of rewards in the afterlife (including the infamous seventy-two virgins) or even by religious ideas in general. He argues that these terrorists (even suicide terrorists) are best understood as rational altruists seeking to help their own communities. Yet despite the vast pool of potential recruits—young altruists who feel their communities are repressed or endangered—there are less than a dozen highly lethal terrorist organizations in the world capable of sustained and coordinated violence that threatens governments and makes hundreds of millions of civilians hesitate before boarding an airplane. What's special about these organizations, and why are most of their followers religious radicals? Drawing on parallel research on radical religious Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Berman shows that the most lethal terrorist groups have a common characteristic: their leaders have found a way to control defection. Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Taliban, for example, built loyalty and cohesion by means of mutual aid, weeding out “free riders” and producing a cadre of members they could rely on. The secret of their deadly effectiveness lies in their resilience and cohesion when incentives to defect are strong.These insights suggest that provision of basic social services by competent governments adds a critical, nonviolent component to counterterrorism strategies. It undermines the violent potential of radical religious organizations without disturbing free religious practice, being drawn into theological debates with Jihadists, or endangering civilians.

Author : Madiha Afzal
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815729464

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Pakistan Under Siege by Madiha Afzal Pdf

Over the last fifteen years, Pakistan has come to be defined exclusively in terms of its struggle with terror. But are ordinary Pakistanis extremists? And what explains how Pakistanis think? Much of the current work on extremism in Pakistan tends to study extremist trends in the country from a detached position—a top-down security perspective, that renders a one-dimensional picture of what is at its heart a complex, richly textured country of 200 million people. In this book, using rigorous analysis of survey data, in-depth interviews in schools and universities in Pakistan, historical narrative reporting, and her own intuitive understanding of the country, Madiha Afzal gives the full picture of Pakistan’s relationship with extremism. The author lays out Pakistanis’ own views on terrorist groups, on jihad, on religious minorities and non-Muslims, on America, and on their place in the world. The views are not radical at first glance, but are riddled with conspiracy theories. Afzal explains how the two pillars that define the Pakistani state—Islam and a paranoia about India—have led to a regressive form of Islamization in Pakistan’s narratives, laws, and curricula. These, in turn, have shaped its citizens’ attitudes. Afzal traces this outlook to Pakistan’s unique and tortured birth. She examines the rhetoric and the strategic actions of three actors in Pakistani politics—the military, the civilian governments, and the Islamist parties—and their relationships with militant groups. She shows how regressive Pakistani laws instituted in the 1980s worsened citizen attitudes and led to vigilante and mob violence. The author also explains that the educational regime has become a vital element in shaping citizens’ thinking. How many years one attends school, whether the school is public, private, or a madrassa, and what curricula is followed all affect Pakistanis’ attitudes about terrorism and the rest of the world. In the end, Afzal suggests how this beleaguered nation—one with seemingly insurmountable problems in governance and education—can change course.

Author : Henry Kamen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300075229

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The Spanish Inquisition by Henry Kamen Pdf

Thirty-five years ago, Kamen wrote a study of the Inquisition that received high praise. This present work, based on over 30 years of new research, is not simply a complete revision of the earlier book. Innovative in its presentation, point of view, information, and themes, it will revolutionize further study in the field.