Background Two of the most central questions in radicalization research are,(1) why do
some individuals radicalize when most of those from the same groups or exposed to similar …

Scholarly literature on terrorism is analysed in its full scope with three main goals:(i) to
objectively determine the structural makeup of the field,(ii) to document its current and past …

Little of the discussion of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq is informed by primary data
derived from talking with the foreign fighters. This article reports some initial findings from …

central issue with many interpretations of radicalization remains their tendency to
overemphasize the role of extremist beliefs in motivating involvement in terrorism. After …

We conducted a systematic review of the contemporary scientific literature to (a) identify
consensus, where it exists, regarding factors associated with membership in terrorist …

This report offers a concise, comprehensive, and critical overview of the empirical findings
available on the background and possible motivations of the young Western men and …

This article examines the history of Somalis in Kenya. It argues that the precarious
citizenship status of Kenyan Somalis is rooted in the institutionalization of state power in …

An unusual feature of the social scientific study of religious terrorism is the erasure of
religiosity as a significant motivational factor. This article delineates and criticizes the …

This paper offers a review of the literature on rationales for terrorist violence and assesses
their applicability to European homegrown jihadism. The use of terrorist violence is …

The role that religion plays in the motivation of “religious terrorism” is the subject of much
ongoing dispute, even in the case of jihadist groups. Some scholars, for differing reasons …