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