Religiously fueled terrorism is tragically commonplace in the modern world. Throughout the years, groups like ISIS have raised themselves to infamy through their indiscriminate use of violence and hateful ideologies. However, the fuel and justification behind these atrocities is not always examined to the fullest extent. Most of the time it is chalked up to “a radicalized form of x or y religion.” My project argues that there are various streams of underlying strategic justification that motivates the different facets of these groups’ members and followers. The argument is supported in interpretation of propaganda and manifestos.
Bibliography
Anderson, Paul N. “Anti-Semitism and Religious Violence as Flawed Interpretations of the Gospel of John.” In John and Judaism: A Contested Relationship in Context, edited by Paul N. Anderson and R. Alan Culpepper, 265-312. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2017.
Badey, Thomas J. “The Role Of Religion In International Terrorism.” Sociological Focus 35, no. 1 (2002): 81-86.
Dawson, Lorne L. “Bringing Religiosity Back In: Critical Reflection on the Explanation of Western Homegrown Religious Terrorism (Part I).” Perspectives on Terrorism 15, no. 1 (2021): 2-16.
Hutchins, Reid. “Islam and Suicide Terrorism: Separating Fact from Fiction.” Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses 9, no. 11 (2017): 7–11.
Kuiper, Matthew J. “Joshua’s Jihad? A Reexamination of Religious Violence in the Christian and Islamic Traditions.” Transformation 29, no. 2 (2012): 149-169.
Smilansky, Saul. “Terrorism, Justification, and Illusion.” Ethics 114, no. 4 (2004): 790-805.
