Why we fight: Understanding the counter-jihad movement
This survey article deals with a network that can be loosely described as the "counter-jihad movement" (CJM). CJM activists are a loose collection of bloggers, political parties, street movements, think tanks, campaign groups, and pundits across several countries, all united by the shared...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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Religion compass
Year: 2016, Volume: 10, Issue: 10, Pages: 257-265 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Western world
/ Right-wing radicalism
/ Islamophobia
/ Movement
/ Transnationaization
/ Conspiracy theory
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBA Western Europe KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | This survey article deals with a network that can be loosely described as the "counter-jihad movement" (CJM). CJM activists are a loose collection of bloggers, political parties, street movements, think tanks, campaign groups, and pundits across several countries, all united by the shared belief that, to some degree, the "Muslim world" is at war with the "West." Overall, the CJM shares a great deal with right wing extremism more broadly. However, the movement is varied enough that not all components sit easily alongside traditional conceptions of right wing extremism. Occasionally, the CJM have been indirectly implicated in violence. In July 2011, 77 people, the majority members of the left-wing Workers Youth League, were murdered in Norway in attacks carried out by Anders Behring Breivik. Breivik attempted to justify his attacks in a compendium of political thought that drew heavily on the writings of CJM sources. This article attempts to provide an overview of the CJM and highlight some of the key research debates in the area, including the potential rhetorical relationship between state-backed counterterrorism and the CJM, links to violence, and the similarities and contrasts between the CJM and traditional far-right narratives. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8171 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rec3.12208 |