This study investigated a cross-sectional survey of a Muslim population in the UK aged 18-45. The survey reported health, anxiety and depression, poverty and educational level and compared it to vulnerability to violent radicalization measured by sympathies towards violent extremism and terrorism. The study found that higher sympathies towards terrorism…
The purpose of this article is to summarize the pilot of an educational intervention for countering violent extremism titled Beyond Bali Education Resource. The Beyond Bali program draws on social science research in an attempt to build resilience to violent extremism in an educational setting though moral disengagement. The Beyond…
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In documents distributed around areas it controls in Syria, Islamic State — also known as ISIS — is promoting a harsh set of rules for schools and educators to follow.
This op-ed discusses the resurgence of extreme far-right racism and the lack of anti-racist movement and policy in Britain currently.
The recent New York Times investigation into the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi has reignited the debate over the nature and trajectory of al Qaeda. The conclusion of the report – that there was no evidence of an al Qaeda role in the attack –…
The Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT), in collaboration with the Embassy of the United States of America in Malaysia, successfully organised the Southeast Asia Regional Workshop on Countering Online Violent Extremist Narratives in Kuala Lumpur from 4 to 6 November 2014.
Lone-wolf terrorism is a threat to the security of modern society, as was tragically shown in Norway on July 22, 2011, when Anders Behring Breivik carried out two terrorist attacks that resulted in a total of 77 deaths. Since lone wolves are acting on their own, information about them cannot…
Marian Kotleba, a well-known figure of the Slovak neo-Nazi scene, was recently elected as governor of the central Slovak region of Banská Bystrica. Radka Vicenová asks if this is the mere consequence of a protest vote, or the indicator of a much more disturbing trend?
Is radical Islamism spreading in South Africa? The answer has to be an emphatic ‘yes’. When discussing issues of radicalisation in Africa, commentators often examine the case of Somalia’s al-Shabaab or al-Qaeda’s North African franchise, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Very little attention is paid to radicalisation amongst South…
Russia has been targeted with a series of terrorist attacks over the past several years, and there are a growing number of extremist groups operating throughout Russia’s society utilizing the Internet/ social media to promote their narratives and objectives. Russia’s policy community has created institutional mechanisms and laws to address…
