The concept of'radicalization'is now used to account for all forms of violent and non-violent
political Islam. Used widely within the security services and picked up by academia, the term …

The question of European foreign fighters in Syria has transformed security and counter-
radicalization into important pillars of the liberal secular governance of Muslims in Europe …

This article gives an overview of the main findings of a report published by the Netherlands
Institute for Social Research which describes how different Muslim groups experience and …

Research on Muslim minorities in western societies has mainly focused on offline behavior,
such as mosque attendance, whereas little is known about their presence in the online …

“Salafism […] is a danger to Muslims themselves and thus a danger to France as well.” This
is how former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls referred to Salafism in late July 2016. A …

Based on original ethnographic research in a multicultural neighbourhood in The Hague,
this open access book gives detailed insights into the challenges, negotiations and …

The Muslim Brotherhood is often represented in mainstream media as a theocratic
organisation that preaches Qur'an-based violence and is out to grab power in the West. As …

Engaging with debates about lived religion, pluralism, and secularism, this book presents an
ethnographic study of committed young Muslims and Christians in the predominantly secular …

Jihadism, Sectarianism and Politics in a Changing Middle East tackles questions of core
significance for understanding the current religio-political scene in the Middle East. It …

This chapter describes the case of a Dutch imam, Yassin Elforkani (b. 1982), who is
struggling to negotiate his position as an authoritative mediating religious leader in Dutch …