INCEPTION, PROPAGATION, REINVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF DAESH’S IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM
This article examines DAESH's ideology, a key factor that has supported and facilitated the group’s actions for militant recruitment, territorial control, and global expansion. I will present the current state of knowledge and risk assessment, then, by using a theoretical framework rooted...
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| description | This article examines DAESH's ideology, a key factor that has supported and
facilitated the group’s actions for militant recruitment, territorial control, and global
expansion. I will present the current state of knowledge and risk assessment, then, by
using a theoretical framework rooted in constructivism and military realism, I will
synthesize more recent and complex ideas related to this group through interpretations
of current knowledge developments. I aim to examine the propaganda presented by
DAESH and highlight in a proper, clear form the distinction between Islam and the
fundamentalist ideology promoted by the terrorist group. The aim is to show that
through a captivating discourse, extremist, radical entities have the ability to attract
militants, and that the need remains to combat the ideas promoted by them so that
recruitment through religiously based ideology by maximizing the ignorance of the
target audience can no longer be feasible avenue to expand their based of supporters, or
at least to be diminished so as not to be easily accomplished. The research aims to
contribute to the literature by presenting the mechanisms used by DAESH, as well as
presenting some strategies that can be applied by the authorities regarding the
prevention of radicalization. Among the main elements identified by this study are:
DAESH used a truncated message of the Qur'an to legitimize its actions, used
emotionally impactful images to attract foreign Muslims to join the fighting in Syria and
Iraq, and presented in a graphic and exaggerated manner their successes in the field to
attract young combatants. The study has relevant implications and contributes to
efforts to combat the actions of extremist-terrorist groups that claim their legitimacy
from Islam. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cfee32ffa3654d57b642b497dfba11622023-01-13T14:58:24ZengOvidius University PressAnnals of the "Ovidius" University of Constanţa. Political Science Series2286-315X2668-08312022-12-011111195218INCEPTION, PROPAGATION, REINVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF DAESH’S IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISMMihăiță Ene0Ph.D. candidate with the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, RomaniaThis article examines DAESH's ideology, a key factor that has supported and facilitated the group’s actions for militant recruitment, territorial control, and global expansion. I will present the current state of knowledge and risk assessment, then, by using a theoretical framework rooted in constructivism and military realism, I will synthesize more recent and complex ideas related to this group through interpretations of current knowledge developments. I aim to examine the propaganda presented by DAESH and highlight in a proper, clear form the distinction between Islam and the fundamentalist ideology promoted by the terrorist group. The aim is to show that through a captivating discourse, extremist, radical entities have the ability to attract militants, and that the need remains to combat the ideas promoted by them so that recruitment through religiously based ideology by maximizing the ignorance of the target audience can no longer be feasible avenue to expand their based of supporters, or at least to be diminished so as not to be easily accomplished. The research aims to contribute to the literature by presenting the mechanisms used by DAESH, as well as presenting some strategies that can be applied by the authorities regarding the prevention of radicalization. Among the main elements identified by this study are: DAESH used a truncated message of the Qur'an to legitimize its actions, used emotionally impactful images to attract foreign Muslims to join the fighting in Syria and Iraq, and presented in a graphic and exaggerated manner their successes in the field to attract young combatants. The study has relevant implications and contributes to efforts to combat the actions of extremist-terrorist groups that claim their legitimacy from Islam.http://annals-politics.univ-ovidius.ro/authors-guidelines/ideologyisisislamiraqsyriaterrorismislamic fundamentalism |
| spellingShingle | Mihăiță Ene INCEPTION, PROPAGATION, REINVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF DAESH’S IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM Annals of the "Ovidius" University of Constanţa. Political Science Series ideology isis islam iraq syria terrorism islamic fundamentalism |
| title | INCEPTION, PROPAGATION, REINVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF DAESH’S IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM |
| title_full | INCEPTION, PROPAGATION, REINVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF DAESH’S IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM |
| title_fullStr | INCEPTION, PROPAGATION, REINVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF DAESH’S IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM |
| title_full_unstemmed | INCEPTION, PROPAGATION, REINVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF DAESH’S IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM |
| title_short | INCEPTION, PROPAGATION, REINVENTION: AN ANALYSIS OF DAESH’S IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM |
| title_sort | inception propagation reinvention an analysis of daesh s ideological approach to islamic fundamentalism |
| topic | ideology isis islam iraq syria terrorism islamic fundamentalism |
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