Muslim youth unemployment and expat jihadism-bored to death ?
Joint Authors
Marktanner, Marcus
Jawdah, Mumin
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 1075-1171 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-20, 20 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
Religion
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Islamic Studies
Topics
Abstract EN
While the presence of foreign fighters in military conflict has been a regular ingredient of jihad, never before in modern history have foreign fighters gathered at the scale and speed as they have in the territory of the so-called Islamic State.
As the foreign fighter phenomenon in Syria and Iraq poses severe security risks for the sender countries, especially from battlefield returnees and lonewolf sympathizers, it becomes imperative to better understand the push factors of expat jihadism.
Empirical studies of these factors are still scarce and often generate contradicting results.
The objective of our paper is to contribute to the emerging discussion of the push factors of expat jihadism and to complement the findings of the few empirical studies already conducted.
Contrary to other studies, we provide strong evidence for the hypothesis that Muslim youth unemployment is a driver of expat jihadism not only for the Arab world, but globally
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jawdah, Mumin& Marktanner, Marcus. 2017. Muslim youth unemployment and expat jihadism-bored to death ?. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2017, no. 1075-1171, pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-784516
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jawdah, Mumin& Marktanner, Marcus. Muslim youth unemployment and expat jihadism-bored to death ?. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 1075-1171 (Dec. 2017), pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-784516
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jawdah, Mumin& Marktanner, Marcus. Muslim youth unemployment and expat jihadism-bored to death ?. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 1075-1171, pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-784516
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 15-20
Record ID
BIM-784516