Terror in France
The rise of jihad in the West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9917264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daragh McDowell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1487-1488 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iix218 |
| OpenAlex | W2766368784 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
The jihadist attacks on France and Belgium in 2015–16 shocked Europe, not only because of the savagery and brutality of the attacks themselves, but because the perpetrators were largely French and Belgians. The ability of jihadist ideology to incubate in the banlieues of Paris and Brussels' Molenbeek ghetto provided a sharp illustration of the security threat posed by a poorly integrated and socially alienated Muslim population. Gilles Kepel's Terror in France provides an exploration of how France's internal political and social dynamics, and the strategies pursued by governing elites from Sarkozy onwards, precipitated the 2015 paroxysm of outrages, beginning with the attacks on the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo. In particular, Kepel details how, contrary to the image of an isolated and politically alien sub-group, French Muslims have historically been key participants in the political life of the nation. This is one of Keppel's key arguments—that the upsurge in jihadist support in France should be seen in the context of the rise in support for anti-systemic parties and groups generally. The extremism of the National Front and other far right groups feeds the narratives of social division and exclusion that the proponents of ‘total Islam’ use to argue for the irreconcilability of Islam with contemporary democratic politics
Context (archaeology · Criminology · Democracy · Front (military · Geography · Ideology · Islam · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Terrorism · Demography · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Religious studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Religious Studies
Exclusion-politicization
Jews and Muslims in London and Amsterdam
Governing Culture ‘Credibly’
Theological discourse of jihad operations of terrorism actions in Indonesia
(Re)constructing Narratives in Qur'an Translation
Politics of Space in News Media
Migration and Integration
Culture and Order in World Politics
The role of religion in Islamist radicalisation processes
Reinstating and contextualizing religion in the analysis of Islamist radicalization in the West
| Citations per year | 1.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |