RT Book
T1 Religion, extremism and violence in South Asia
T2 Politics of South Asia
A2 Ahmed, Imran
A2 Ahmed, Zahid Shahab
A2 Brasted, Howard
A2 Akbarzadeh, Shahram 1964-
LA English
PP Singapore
PB Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1788872320
AB Chapter 1. Introduction (Howard Brasted, Imran Ahmed, Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Shahram Akbarzadeh) -- Chapter 2. The Coloniality of Postcolonial Discourses on Religion: Extremism, Exclusion and Distrust in India and Pakistan (Imran Ahmed) -- Chapter 3. Religion, Extremism and Buddhist-Muslim Relation in Sri Lanka (DB Subedi) -- Chapter 4. Social Media and Hindu Extremism in India (Stuti Bhatnagar) -- Chapter 5. Ram Was a Prophet Too: Syncretism as a Hindu Nationalist Political Strategy (Felix Pal) -- Chapter 6. Islamic State's Recruitment Strategies: The Case Study of Bangladesh (Shafi Md Mostofa and Howard Brasted) -- Chapter 7. Religious Extremism and Terrorist Recruitment: The Case of Al Qaeda in Bangladesh (Shafi Md Mostofa) -- Chapter 8. Mobilizing to Counter Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Innovative Undertakings of Non-State Actors (Anita M. Weiss) -- Chapter 9. Between God, the Nation, and the State: Paradoxes of Islamisation in Pakistan (Imran Ahmed) -- Chapter 10. Women and Violent Extremism in Pakistan: A Critical Assessment of Policies and Actions (Farah Naz and Zahid Shahab Ahmed).
AB This book sheds light on religiously motivated extremism and violence in South Asia, a phenomenon which ostensibly poses critical and unique challenges to the peace, security and governance not only of the region, but also of the world at large. The book is distinctive in-so-far as it re-examines conventional wisdom held about religious extremism in South Asia and departs from the literature which centres its analyses on Islamic militancy based on the questions and assumptions of the West’s ‘war on terror’. This volume also offers a comprehensive analysis of new extremist movements and how their emergence and success places existing theoretical frameworks in the study of religious extremism into question. This collection further examines topical issues including the study of social media and its impact on the evolution and operation of violent extremism. It also analyses grassroots and innovative non-state initiatives aimed to counter extremist ideologies. Through case studies focusing on Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, this collection examines extremist materials, methods of political mobilisation and recruitment processes and maps the interconnected nature of sociological change with the ideological and political transformations of extremist movements. Imran Ahmed is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. Zahid Shahab Ahmed is Research Fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University (Australia). Howard Brasted is Emeritus Professor of History and Islamic Studies at the University of New England (Australia). Shahram Akbarzadeh is Research Professor in Middle East and Central Asian politics at Deakin University (Australia).
SN 9789811668470
K1 Terrorism
K1 Political Violence
K1 Religion and sociology
K1 Criminal Behavior
K1 Religion And Politics
DO 10.1007/978-981-16-6847-0