Beyond Stereotypes: Identity and radicalisation in the UK

This paper describes research carried out in three London boroughs that showed how stereotypes employed by radicalisers - people who ask Muslims to see themselves as Muslim only and impose a stark moral duty to defend Muslims worldwide - can be counter-balanced by an appeal to the evolving cultural identity of young men at risk of radicalisation.

Beyond Stereotypes: Identity and radicalisation in the UK

Michael Thompson and Adam Palenicek

Abstact

A sense of grievance about conflict overseas – and the UK's involvement in this – is seen as one of the main catalysts of radicalisation and extremist violence in the UK. Radicalisers employ discussion of international conflict to frame a stereotype of Muslim identity. They ask Muslims to see themselves as Muslim only, rejecting any national loyalties or cultural 'interference' and impose a stark moral duty to defend Muslims worldwide, who they portray as being under concerted attack from the West (both physically and ideologically).

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