Co-radicalisation of Islamist and Nativist Extremists in Europe: A Social-psychological and Sociological Perspective

Abstract A vast amount of social science research has been dedicated to the study of Islamist extremism – in particular, to uncover its psychological and structural drivers. However, the recent revival of extreme-right extremism points to the need to investigate this re-emerging phenomenon. This art...

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Authors: Kaya, Ayhan (Author) ; Adam-Troian, Jais (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Journal of Muslims in Europe
Year: 2021, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 276-308
Further subjects:B Right-wing
B re-emergence
B Terrorism
B Extremism
B Populism
B co-radicalisation
B Islamist
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Summary:Abstract A vast amount of social science research has been dedicated to the study of Islamist extremism – in particular, to uncover its psychological and structural drivers. However, the recent revival of extreme-right extremism points to the need to investigate this re-emerging phenomenon. This article highlights some of the characteristics of the extremisation of Islamism in Europe in parallel with the rise of the extremisation of right-wing extremist groups. In doing so, we explore similarities between Islamist and right-wing extremist individuals and groups. The main premise of the article is that a threat-regulation approach fails to understand the role of contextual and structural factors in the political and religious extremisation of individuals. Instead, the article claims that a reciprocal-threat model can better explain extremist violence since it is based on the idea that nativist and Islamist extremist individuals/groups are mutually threatening each other.
ISSN:2211-7954
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Muslims in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22117954-bja10034