Strategies of Islamist Extremism in Europe

• Authors: Miroslav Mares
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper explains various strategies of contemporary Islamists extremism in Europe. The author identifies the most important variants of Islamist extremism and deals with their goals and with strategic approaches how to achieve these goals. Quasi-legalist strategies as well as violent forms of interest-empowerment are described. The author uses sources from various Islamist organizations and analyses these materials within the framework of modern insurgency. A comprehensive outlook and threat assessment of Islamist extremist strategies are included in this article.

Keywords

EN

Islamist Extremist; strategy; Europe; political violence; Insurgency

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 17
• Pages: 109-118

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2015-12-30

Contributors

author

Miroslav Mares

• Faculty of Social Studies of the Masaryk University, Joštova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ipcj-2015-0008