4 Citations
Pro-Violence Sermons of a Secular State: Turkey’s Diyanet on Islamist Militarism, Jihadism and Glorification of Martyrdom
- SociologyReligions
- 2021
The literature on martyrdom has not, so far, systematically analysed a constitutionally secular state’s extensive use of religion in propagating martyrdom narratives by using state-controlled…
Determinants of Arab public opinion on the Caliphate: Islamist elites, religiosity and socioeconomic conditions
- SociologyMiddle Eastern Studies
- 2019
Abstract What are the determinants of public opinion on the issue of the Caliphate in the Arab world? My answer to this question outlines the key role played by Islamist elites, religiosity and age…
Women of the Caliphate: The Mechanism for Women's incorporation into the Islamic State (IS)
- Sociology
- 2017
The ongoing incorporation of women into the Islamic State (IS) is unlike what any other jihadi organization in the recent history of jihadism has attempted to achieve. An important question is…
The future of the study of Islam and Muslims in the Nordic and Scandinavian region: A Swedish reading of Tidsskrift for Islamforskning
- Sociology
- 2016
In lieu of an abstract, this is the article's first page:
With classical orientalists, such as Frants Buhl (1850-1932) and Johannes Pedersen (1883-1977), and contemporary scholars like Jorgen Baek…