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"Among the Believers Are Men":

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TLpq2272255378

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انگلیسی

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"Among the Believers Are Men":

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[Thesis]

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Mikami, Nathan Craig

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The Role of Religious-Nationalist Identity and Religious Literacy in Islamic State Recruitment Efforts in the West

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Cottam, Martha L.

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Washington State University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019

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211

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Ph.D.

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Washington State University

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2019

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This research explores two facets of Islamic State recruitment efforts. First, it examines role of religious-national identity in the Islamic State's attempt to appeal to alienated and marginalized Muslims living in Western societies; and second, it explores the relationship between an individual's level of religious literacy/knowledge and the proclivity to join the Islamic State and/or engage in extremist behaviors. I have conducted this research using a mixed-methods approach to test theoretically grounded expectations about the quantitative and qualitative attributes of religious-national content found in the Islamic State's English-language magazine Dabiq; as well as various hypotheses pertaining to the relationship between religious literacy and the potentially extreme and violent behaviors of Islamic State recruits. This research provides a theoretical framework for understanding these phenomena, as well as empirical data that allows for testing previously unproven assumptions about ISIS recruits.

International relations

Political science

Cottam, Martha L.

Mikami, Nathan Craig

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