«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2013. Vol. 1

Social and Political Bases of the Faith-Based Radical Ideologies of Extremism and Terrorism

Author(s)
K. B. Akhmedova, V. N. Konovalov
Abstract

The article explores how terrorist and extremist groups exploit faith-based radical ideologies in order to attract more followers and to achieve their political goals. Using data collected from numerous sociological and political researches this paper provides a comprehensive analysis of faith-based radical ideologies.

Keywords
extremism, terrorism, faith-based radical ideologies, religion, and secularization
UDC
329.3

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