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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