RT Article
T1 Citizenship, Family Law, and the Repatriation of Islamic State Affiliates in MENA
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 36
IS 5
SP 599
OP 613
A1 Trisko-Darden, Jessica 1984-
A2 Hassan, Duenya
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1894685156
AB Since the fall of Islamic State’s so-called caliphate in March 2019, the United States and other international actors have repeatedly urged states to repatriate their citizens. Analyses of this issue too often focus on citizens of Western countries despite the fact that they constitute only a small fraction of the group’s members and affiliates. Focusing on Middle East and North African (MENA) countries, we contend that citizenship law and family law play a central role in determining an individual’s prospects for repatriation by forming the basis of a state’s articulation of who belongs to the nation and who the state is responsible for. We identify important sub-regional patterns that shape the repatriation of Islamic State affiliates through the differential treatment of women in MENA citizenship and nationality law and family law. In addition, we find that the distinction between custodian and guardian in MENA family law provides a useful basis for the related challenge of reintegrating female-headed family units as well as orphaned children.
K1 Reintegration
K1 Family law
K1 Citizenship
K1 Nationality
K1 Gender
K1 Islamic Law
K1 Middle East
K1 Repatriation
K1 Islamic State
DO 10.1080/09546553.2023.2188961