Essays about: "Islamic radicalisation"

Found 5 essays containing the words Islamic radicalisation.

  1. 1. A Naive Victim or a Willing ISIS-devotee? - Deserving or losing your human rights : A critical discourse analysis of two British newspaper's framing of Shamima Begum and her human rights

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Frida Garvill; [2020]
    Keywords : Framing; Shamima Begum; UK; Foreign Fighters; Islam; Human rights;

    Abstract : Between 2011 and 2019 around 900 British citizens left the United Kingdom to travel to Syria and join militant groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS) (EPRS, 2018, p.33). READ MORE

  3. 2. Reconstructing Radicalisation – A Risk Analysis Perspective of Radical Attitudes in a Swedish Muslim Sample

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Zach Loughery; [2018]
    Keywords : Radicalisation; terrorism; radical attitudes; extremism; Islamic radicalisation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Radicalisation is an extremely popular topic in the terrorism discourse, yet it has seen extensive criticism for being a blurry concept. The present study evaluates the conceptual strength of radicalisation and reconstructs it with a focus on the empirical study of radicalisation from a risk perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. What Is the Driving Force behind Georgians’ Decision to Join the Islamic State: A Study of Life Stories of Georgian Jihadis through Media Articles

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Giorgi Modebadze; [2017]
    Keywords : Jihad; Islamic fundamentalism; Kaukasien; Georgien; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The following thesis is concerned with understanding the motivational factors behind Georgian jihadis’ decision to join the Islamic State. It uses the theory of the Islamisation of radicalism to explain the process of radicalisation in Georgia. READ MORE

  5. 4. Pushes and pulls of radicalisation into violent Islamist extremism and prevention measures targeting these: Comparing men and women

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Annemette Jacobsen; [2017]
    Keywords : Daesh; Men; Women; prevention programmes; pull factors; Push factor; radicalisation; violent Islamist extremism;

    Abstract : Recent years’ terrorist attacks in Europe and the flow of foreign fighters joining the terrorist organisation Daesh, has made the understanding of radicalisation evermore crucial. This thesis investigates if push and pull factors leading into violent Islamic extremism differentiate between men and women. READ MORE

  6. 5. Identity and Islamist Radicalisation : The Foreign Fighters of Europe

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : David Dews; [2016]
    Keywords : foreign fighters; radicalisation; identity; discrimination; Syria;

    Abstract : The current flow of foreign fighters to the conflict in Syria and Iraq is unprecedented in recent times, with numbers now exceeding those who travelled to fight in Afghanistan in the 1980’s. Some estimates suggest that one fifth of the 30,000 recruits are from Europe, worse still, that the majority are fighting with the so-called Islamic State. READ MORE