British Jihadism

The Detail and the Denial
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-415-78959-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Religion and International Security

Analysing the involvement of a small but not insignificant number of British Muslims in a series of conflicts since the early 1990s this book interrogates and develops understandings of Jihad, Islamic revivalism, Terrorism and the British government’s policies towards both the Muslim majority world and the UK’s Muslim population. Utilising data compiled from a meticulous empirical study of jihadist websites, their support organisations, social media, ethnic media and local, national, international press it details and examines British Muslim involvement in Jihadist struggles in more than fifteen countries including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen as well as exploring the development of domestic political violence within the United Kingdom

Formulating a detailed conceptualisation of British Jihadists’ aims, objectives and practices the book presents original conceptual and theoretical critiques and broadens the current research. The author locates British Jihadism within a politico-religious framework emerging over the last three decades and positions himself between orthodox and critical research paradigms to move beyond simplistic debates seeking to blame events on British foreign policy or Islam per se. Instead the focus is on the desire of some British Muslims to assert, achieve and maintain ‘status’ and the refusal of others to recognise the development of international actors such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State or domestic trends involving young British Muslims willing to use violence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stott, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1: Context and Theory

Chapter 1 – Introduction: identifying limitations of existing research

Chapter 2 – The Islamic Revival in an International and British Context

Chapter 3 – Contested Territory: Articulations and Disputations on Jihadism

Part 2: Data and Analysis

Chapter 4 – ‘I See No Ships’: Muslim Representative Organisations and British Jihadism

Chapter 5 – British Jihadism

Chapter 6 – "Londonistan"?

Chapter 7 – The Geographical Distribution of British Jihadis

Chapter 8 – Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Paul Stott received his PhD from the University of East Anglia in 2015. He holds has been teaching Terrorism Studies at UK universities since 2008. He is currently employed at the University of Leicester.