Jihadism in Scandinavia : motivations, experiences, and change / Marco Nilsson.
Nilsson, Marco, author.
2022
BP190.5.T47
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Title
Jihadism in Scandinavia : motivations, experiences, and change / Marco Nilsson.
Author
Nilsson, Marco, author.
ISBN
9783031138065 (electronic bk.)
3031138066 (electronic bk.)
9783031138058
3031138058
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13806-5
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 266 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-13806-5 doi
Call Number
BP190.5.T47
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.3250948
Summary
This book is based on unprecedented interviews with active and former jihadists, even IS fighters. It focuses on the changing nature of jihad as a social phenomenon and how jihad changes jihadists. It argues that there are fascinating generational differences between jihadists ideas and behaviors. Moreover, it argues that jihad changes jihadists through socialization in jihadists groups. Indeed, radicalization continues in new forms after entering the conflict zone. Recognizing that jihadism is a complex social phenomenon and a discourse on religiously legitimized violence with deep roots in the history of Islam and Muslim societies, the book asks two simple questions. Why have some Muslims residing in the West taken up arms to enter the global battlefields of jihad? Have the motivations and experiences of different jihadists all been the same? To create a more coherent analysis than the article format allows, and to offer new insights, the author summarizes and further develops several years of research into jihadism. As gaining access to and conducting interviewsespecially with active jihadistsoften differs from standard interviews, much of the data were collected in a gray zone between more formal interviewing and ethnographic research. The empirical material, which is based on interviews with active and former jihadists, is unique. Moreover, the methodological reflections are unprecedented, and the project offers new analytical insights into jihadism with a focus on how jihadism and jihadists change. Marco Nilsson is Associate Professor at Jonkoping University, Sweden.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Intro
Contents
1 Introduction
The Rise of Modern Jihadism and Foreign Fighting
The Case of Scandinavian Jihadists
The Outline of the Book
References
2 Interviewing Jihadists
Locating and Contacting Jihadists
From Standard Interviews to Ethnography
Interaction and Building Trust
Methodological Awareness in the Gray Zone
Analyzing the Interview Material
Can We Trust What Jihadists Say?
Jihadists as Interviewees
Notes
References
3 Jihad as a Complex Social Phenomenon
Jihad and Terrorism
Jihadist Responses
A Moving Target

Different Narratives of Jihad
Who Is the Enemy and Why Fight?
Abrogation
Targeting Civilians?
Jihad as an Identity in Changing Societies
Volunteers, Sympathizers, and Professionals
Spiritual Dimensions of Jihad
From Collective to Individual Duty
Four Types of Modern Jihad
The Local and Global in Interaction
Notes
References
4 Jihadism in Sweden
From Al-Shabaab to Lars Vilks
Toward Al-Qaeda
The Call From IS
Attacks in Europe
Uncertain Future
References
5 Jihadism in Norway
From Mullah Krekar to Jyllands-Posten

The Prophet's Ummah and the Syrian Civil War
Uncertain Future
References
6 Jihadism in Denmark
From Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya to Domestic Plots
Jyllands-Posten and the Cartoon Crisis
Gang Connections
Uncertain Future
References
7 The Changing Nature of Jihad
From Traditional to Classical Jihad and the First Crisis
Global Jihad and the Second Crisis
Socialization into Global Jihad
Classical Jihadists
Global Jihadists
The Importance of Socialization and Its Ambiguities
Normalization of Jihad
Classical Jihadists
Global Jihadists

Some Ambiguities Among Global Jihadists
Takfir
Three Stages of Takfir
IS and the Increasing Polarization of the Ummah
Further Variation Among Jihadists in Syria
Note
References
8 Cognitive Dissonance and Changing Motivations
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance as a Motivational Force
Ahmed
Amir
Safet
Mazen
Note
References
9 Recruitment and Perceptions of Death
Recruitment Tactics
The Al-Qaeda Recruitment Manual and Kareem
Varying Perceptions of Death
Changing Attitudes, Drugs, and Humor
References

10 How Does Fighting Change Jihadists?
From Justice to Apocalyptic Thinking
A New Conception of Evil and the Apocalyptic Narrative
Conspiracy Theories
Cognitive Radicalization Through Radical Behavior
References
11 Conclusion
The Past and the Future
References
Index

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