Religious Redemption as the Motivation for the Jihadist Crime-Terrorism Nexus: A Critical Inquiry

In their influential article on the “crime-terror nexus” Basra and Neumann state that “jihadism can affect a criminal’s radicalisation process in two ways: it can offer redemption from past sins, or it can legitimise crime.” During their analysis, though, the two interpretive options become in effec...

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Autores principales: Karimi, Nima (Autor) ; Dawson, Lorne L. 1954- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2025
En: Terrorism and political violence
Año: 2025, Volumen: 37, Número: 7, Páginas: 999-1014
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