ISIS, Crabgrass, and Religious Imaginaries
A review of seven recently published books on the rise of ISIS shows how it emerged after the Iraq War due to American policy, Iraqi Sunni alienation, the Syrian Assad regime's policies, and factional competition. But ISIS is unique in its use of social media for recruitment. Furthermore, the c...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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The review of faith & international affairs
Year: 2017, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 76-89 |
| Review of: | Islamic State (London : Pluto Press, 2016) (Waalkes, Scott)
Anatomy of terror (New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2017) (Waalkes, Scott) |
| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | A review of seven recently published books on the rise of ISIS shows how it emerged after the Iraq War due to American policy, Iraqi Sunni alienation, the Syrian Assad regime's policies, and factional competition. But ISIS is unique in its use of social media for recruitment. Furthermore, the content of the ISIS message is religious, relying on Salafi teachings, apocalyptic imagery, and the legitimacy of a Caliphate. As with crabgrass, the most effective long-term anti-terrorism policy is prevention rather than eradication. But responding to the religiously inspired "imaginaries" of ISIS will require more inspired religious alternatives and savvier cyber-monitoring. |
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| ISSN: | 1931-7743 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The review of faith & international affairs
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2017.1354474 |