Converting for terrorist purposes: challenging the conceptual unidirectionality of the threat

Terrorism is typically included among the grave societal challenges resulting from radicalisation of certain groups. The phrase ‘radical converts’ typically evokes an image of a convert to Islam, whereas an individual converting from Islam to other religions is not associated with a terrorist threat...

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Main Author: Bartoszewicz, Monika Gabriela (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2024
In: Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2024, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-130
Further subjects:B Liverpool bombing
B Converts
B Religious Conversion
B Radicalisation
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