Understanding the ways in which Muslims are turned into “a problem” requires an analytic
incorporating the insights gained through the concepts of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim …

This book presents a study of politico-ideological mobilisation and violence by focusing on
the life stories, trajectories and narratives of individuals who mobilised for causes and …

The topic of hijra is very much present in the ideological messages of IslamicState and Al
Qaeda as well as in many studies exploring why and how people are motivated to join the …

In 2024, governments continue to grapple with legal and political ramiϐications posed by
repatriating foreign terrorist ϐighters (FTFs). Criminal justice systems and governments …

This chapter unpacks the complex dynamics, hidden assumptions and pitfalls to the popular
“Saudi funding extremism in Europe” narrative. Using the UK as a specific case study, the …

Salafism in Germany is often viewed as a product of Saudi Arabia's efforts to spread its
conservative brand of Islam around the world. In recent years, the Kingdom has attempted to …

Since the turn of the century, and particularly since 9/11, much new research has been
published on Moroccan Dutch and Muslims in the Netherlands—terms that are often used …

The article outlines the categories Quintan Wiktorowicz suggested the scholarship should
employ to study Salafism and its relationship to the political and argues that such categories …

Essential on the international scene, as the crisis in Afghanistan showed in 2021, the tiny
emirate of Qatar, populated by barely 2,800,000 inhabitants, including only 250,000 …

The article describes why some male and female Swiss Salafi converts support polygynous
marriages. Against this background, it provides insights into how specific cultural models of …