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The Appeal of Vocal Islamism in the West: The Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir vis-à-vis Its Competitors
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posted on 2023-07-26, 14:44 authored by Elisa OrofinoIslamism is a very debated topic in the West but almost exclusively explored in its violent forms. Nevertheless, a number of “vocal radical Islamist” groups exist in the West and legally operate because of their non-violent nature. Vocal radicals continually inspire individuals and lead them towards specific goals and priorities, sometimes even towards violence. This paper uses the long-living group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) to explore the elements that make the organization appealing to segments of Muslim community in the West. This paper uses three agency variables - reflexive monitoring, the rationalization of action and the motivations for actions – to analyze HT’s appeal vis-à-vis two other Islamist groups, Ikhwan al-Muslimun and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), having similar goals and the same high international profile. This paper concludes that HT’s uniqueness is given by its method, detailed vision of the caliphate, consistency over time and the emphasis placed on the caliphate as the leading force of HT’s unchanged motivation for action.
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Volume
13Issue number
7Page range
1009-1019Publication title
International Journal of Humanities and Social SciencesISSN
2010-3778Publisher
WASETName of event
21st International Conference on Countering Terrorism and RadicalizationLocation
Paris, FranceEvent start date
2019-07-18Event finish date
2019-07-19File version
- Published version
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- eng
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2019-09-04Legacy creation date
2019-09-04Legacy Faculty/School/Department
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