TITLE:
The Motivation behind Islamic Terrorism
AUTHORS:
Youmna Mohammed
KEYWORDS:
Terrorism, Islamic Terrorism, Psychology, Resentment, Religion, Unfair Treatment, Marginalization, Repression, Muslims, ISIS, Status, Identity, The West, Prejudice, Radicalization, Injustice, Islamic Radicalism, Anger, Revenge
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Political Science,
Vol.11 No.4,
October
13,
2021
ABSTRACT: This paper revolves around the concept of Islamic radicalism.
Specifically, it focuses on the motivations behind participating in that
radicalism, addressing the question “Why do so many Muslim people choose to
join ISIS?” It is one thing to commit acts of terrorism, but it is something
else entirely to commit that terrorism when you follow a peaceful religion that
goes against it; a religion like Islam. Overall, this paper will present a
hypothesis related to why many Muslims choose to join ISIS, discuss important
theories and concepts related to that hypothesis, and present and analyze
relevant literature in order to either prove or disprove the hypothesis.