№168. Al Qaeda in the West as a Youth Movement: The Power of a Narrative
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Main Author: Roy, Olivier (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Brussels [Belgium] CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies 2008
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Online Access:BSB01
Item Description:Why do we bother, in Europe, about 'Islamic radicalisation'? The answer seems obvious. There are at least two good reasons: one is terrorism, with its security implications; the other is the issue of integrating second-generation migrants in Europe, apparently the most fertile ground for recruiting terrorists. For most observers, the link between terrorism and integration is a given fact. Al Qaeda-type terrorist activities carried out either in Europe, or by European residents and citizens abroad, are seen as the extreme form, and hence as a logical consequence, of Islam related radicalisation. There is a teleological approach consisting of looking in retrospect at every form of radicalisation and violence associated with the Muslim population in Europe as a harbinger of terrorism
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