Authors: Quintan Wiktorowicz
ISBN-13: 9780742536418, ISBN-10: 0742536416
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: June 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
This unique book represents one of the first systematic attempts to explain why thousands of Westerners heed international calls to _jihad_ and join radical Islamic groups. Drawing on his unprecedented access to a radical Islamic group, Quintan Wiktorowicz details the subtle process that can turn seemingly unreligious people into supporters of religious violence. The author's extraordinary fieldwork forms the basis of a detailed case study of al-Muhajiroun, a transnational movement based in London that supports Bin Laden and other Islamic terrorists. Through its rich empirical detail, the case study explains the larger question of why ordinary people join extremist movements.
1 | High-risk Islamic activism | 45 |
2 | Cognitive openings and religious seeking | 85 |
3 | Credibility and sacred authority | 135 |
4 | Culturing and commitment | 167 |