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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Islamists"”.
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Islamists and democracy in Sudan: the role of Hasan Turabi, 1989-2001
… to be answered with regard to Turabi and the Islamists in Sudan is the gap between theory and practice. Sudan is a complex country, with a diverse population encompassing different tribes, languages, religions and cultures, all impacting on the country’s history and future. Consequently, the …
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The CrISIS of Ludic Terrorism: Videogaming Exploited as a Means of Islamists’ Radicalization, Recruitment and Propaganda
… more complex phenomenon. Keywords: videogaming, Islamists, white supremacy, radicalization, propaganda, ISIS
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Islamist Biographies: Religious Experiences of South African Muslim Activists
… journey informed by this new meaning system. For Islamists, their renewed understanding of religion provided purpose, perseverance and direction. They turned to Islamism to reconstruct their public identities by becoming part of a chosen collective. Simultaneously, they also used religious …
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The tragedy of Islamism in Britain: a fetishism for politics
… Such political groups are not just Muslims, but Islamists. In asserting this, I argue against the commonplace culturalist-orientalist approach that denies and rejects any ʻpoliticalʼ in relation to Islamists. As part of a dominant discourse, this culturalist-orientalist approach consists of a …
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The social base of divide-and-rule : left-Islamist opposition alliances in North Africa’s Arab Spring
… In Tunisia, leftists have joined forces with Islamists on the national-level. In Morocco and Mauritania, such alliances have formed and endured in municipalities and labor unions but they have collapsed on the national-level. Why do these Arab states, despite their similar culture, demography, …
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The Growing Threat of Islamic Radicalism in Europe
… immigration rates of Muslims are giving radical Islamists the chance to preach their culture and religious views, including those of extreme radical nature, e.g., jihadism, into the whole of Europe. This paper covers the beginning of Islam, and why radicals have gained the views they have by …
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Global Islamism: The Threat to Western Civilization
… attention was given to the fundamentalists, or Islamists, that reject the use of violence but still work within the political process. Terrorists like al-Qa'ida, use revolutionary tactics like terrorism as a means to accomplish their goals whereas the Islamists working in the West use …
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"Jihad is the Way and Death for the Sake of Allah is our Highest Aspiration": A Narrative Analysis of Sayyid Qutb's Milestones
The volatile dynamic between radical Islamists and Western society is well established, often revealing itself through violent acts of terrorism. This ongoing conflict has prompted a spike of critical interest in the communication between extremists and the outsiders they perceive as enemies, …
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U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in Africa
… The apparent defeat of AQIM in Mali pushed the Islamists into adjacent territory without disrupting the group's capability to conduct attacks or cutting off its sources of funding. Similarly, al-Shabaab in Somalia has been pushed into rural areas, but is prepared to retake lost territory in the …
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Understanding Islamist Terrorism: What It Is and How It Threatens the United States of America
… it delves into some of the sources of the Islamists’ capabilities by examining their use of intelligence and counterintelligence as well as the benefits they receive from their state sponsors. Finally, this Thesis details the terrorist threat to the United States and offers a clear and …
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Shia Political Islam in Iran. A political and economic approach
… Islamic revolution in 1979, and some other Islamists groups like Hezbollah, and Al-Qaida highlighted the importance of Islamism. Moreover, forming the new Islamists in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen after the Arab uprising in 2010 which intensified the conflict between Shia and Sunni increased the …
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Living French colonial theory : an examination of France's complex relationship with Islam in its African colonies as viewed through the lives of Octave Houdas and Xavier Coppolani
… and Xavier Coppolani. Both men were prominent Islamists with career trajectories deeply steeped within Orientalist rhetoric in the late nineteenth-century and with strong ties to Algeria. However, a detailed and comprehensive accounting of the significance of their contributions and how they …
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Islamist and Secularist Women in Egyptian Politics: Convergence or Divergence?
… exclude women from political participation? Are Islamists, who have their political agenda, supporting or oppressing women? Are Islamist feminists, who are a contemporary phenomenon especially in the Middle East, politically active or inactive? Are liberal or secular women in Egypt more …
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The role of Islam in the Uzbek politics
… referring to all protestors as radical Islamists in inaccurate. Many of those who demonstrated that day were local people who wanted to express their discontent with social and economic issues plaguing the country. Because of government paranoia against political Islam in the country, it …
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Islamism and Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East and North Africa
… few Muslim governments dare to challenge the Islamists on theological, political and economic grounds. Thirdly, the manner which this influences modernisation and development in the region? Fourthly, the way which regimes respond to the challenge? The second objective of the thesis is to …
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Authoritarianism, Threat, and Declining Tolerance and Support for Democracy: Evidence from the Post-Arab Spring Middle East
… that this is due to authoritarian support for Islamists during their ascension to power at the ballot box in the region. I then present a laboratory experiment conducted in Egypt to link specific Arab Spring threats to authoritarianism, intolerance, and support for political institutions. I …
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Violence and the Algerian military
… generally been portrayed as one which has pitted Islamists against the secular Algerian government. However, a study of Algerian history illustrates a sustained and dominant role of the Algerian military. The dominance of the military was firmly entrenched in the 1965 coup led by Boumedienne. His …
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The soul of the White Muslim: Race, empire and Africa in Turkey
… in alignment with the consolidation of the Islamists’ hegemony over the last decades. I therefore explore Turkey’s recent transnational entanglements in Africa as a spatial fix, not only for the crises of capitalism, but equally for the contradictions of racial formations on a national …
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Palestinian refugees in the Levant alternate theories for disparity in treatment
… space within the state, relationship of the PLO, Islamists, and Palestinians, and identity are evaluated to determine their relevance for the state's treatment of the Palestinians in the Levant. Two factors emerged as the main influencers for treatment of the Palestinians. The research shows that …
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From Counter-Narratives to Cultural Productions: A practice-led model to challenge extremists’ worldview in the cultural sphere
… if it addresses the transnational aspect of the Islamists’ narrative and it is an alternative narrative if it focuses on promoting local identity anchored in the singularity of the national culture. The implications of this study can go beyond the media practice of counter-narratives to reach …
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