The Motivation behind Islamic Terrorism - Open Journal of Political Science

OJPS > Vol.11 No.4, October 2021

Open Journal of Political Science

Volume 11, Issue 4 (October 2021)

ISSN Print: 2164-0505 ISSN Online: 2164-0513

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The Motivation behind Islamic Terrorism ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojps.2021.114040 537 Downloads 11,686 Views Citations

Author(s)

Youmna Mohammed

Affiliation(s)

New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

ABSTRACT

This paper revolves around the concept of Islamic radicalism. Specifically, it focuses on the motivations behind participating in that radicalism, addressing the question “Why do so many Muslim people choose to join ISIS?” It is one thing to commit acts of terrorism, but it is something else entirely to commit that terrorism when you follow a peaceful religion that goes against it; a religion like Islam. Overall, this paper will present a hypothesis related to why many Muslims choose to join ISIS, discuss important theories and concepts related to that hypothesis, and present and analyze relevant literature in order to either prove or disprove the hypothesis.

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