Reactive Co-Radicalization: Religious Extremism as Mutual Discontent
Extremist rhetoric and behaviour, including violence, emanating from those fearing and opposed to Islamic extremism--and typically generalising that to Islam or Muslims--is undeniable. Equally, there is evidence of Muslim rhetoric that fires up fears of a threatening West and antipathy to religious...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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| In: |
Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-23 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Muslim
/ Radicalization
/ Injustice
/ Perception
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
DISCONTENT
B Islamism B religious extremism B Radicalization B Religious Aspects B Anders Breivik B Social aspects B JEWS Social life & customs B Christians B Radicalism B RHETORIC Religious aspects Islam B Swiss minaret ban B ISLAM & politics |
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| Summary: | Extremist rhetoric and behaviour, including violence, emanating from those fearing and opposed to Islamic extremism--and typically generalising that to Islam or Muslims--is undeniable. Equally, there is evidence of Muslim rhetoric that fires up fears of a threatening West and antipathy to religious 'others' as damned infidels, including Christians and Jews who are otherwise regarded as co-religionists--as 'peoples of the Book'. Mutual discontent and antipathy abound. On the one hand, Islamic extremism provokes a reactionary extremism from parts, at least, of the non-Muslim world; on the other hand, Muslim extremism appears often in response to the perception of an aggressive and impositional colonising non-Muslim world. 'Reactive Co-Radicalization', I suggest, names this mutual rejection and exclusionary circle currently evident, in particular, with respect to many Muslim and non-Muslim communities. This article discusses reactive coradicalization as a hermeneutical perspective on religious extremism with particular reference to two European cases. |
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| ISSN: | 2047-7058 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jasr.v28i1.26800 |
