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Der Schweizer Anti-Terror Kampf (Teil 1)

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by Ahmed Ajil

Dies ist der erste Teil aus einer dreiteiligen Serie über den Schweizer Anti-Terror-Kampf, den ich mit Unterstützung von Carlos Hanimann für die Republik verfassen durfte. Lesen Sie hier. Haben Sie das Video gesehen? Von dem Teenager, der eine dunkle Kapuze über den Kopf gezogen hatte und in die Kamera sprach? Im Video schwor der Junge…

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Decolonising terrorism: The racist pre-crime, cheap orientalism and the Taqiya trap

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Ahmed Ajil

Abstract Since 9/11, states around the world have engaged in efforts to counter the so-called terrorist threat. Besides neo-colonial military projects, this has manifested itself in a mushrooming of laws, policies, and practices in the realm of counterterrorism, and an explosion of research into terrorism, extremism, and radicalisation. In this chapter, drawing on my experiences…

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The instrumentalisation of Taqiya in counterterrorism discourse and practice

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Ahmed Ajil

While the US’s war in Afghanistan appears to be drawing to a close, elsewhere it is business as usual for the Global War on Terror. Suspicion based on racial-cultural traits – particularly those associated with “Muslimness” – is a key feature of counter-terrorism policies which have turned inwards, away from neo-colonial expeditionary projects in Afghanistan…

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Politico-ideological violence in Lebanon: The narrative embeddedness of grievances

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Ahmed Ajil

1           Introduction Grievance-based violence comes in many forms. The phenomenon labelled variably as terrorism, political violence, or violent extremism is one of them. Scholarship in this field has for years pointed to the importance of grievances in the process towards violent action, yet in-depth engagement with grievances is only starting to pick up. This special issue…

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Die Gretchenfrage in der Terrorismusdebatte

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Ahmed Ajil

“Wie hast du’s mit der Religion?” Ihrer Zeit voraus deutete die Goethsche Tragödie mit der Gretchenfrage auf eine Kernproblematik der heutigen Terrorismusdebatte hin, nämlich die strittige Rolle der Religion in der Hinwendung zu politisch-ideologisch motivierter Gewalt im jihadistischen Spektrum. Seit den 9/11-Anschlägen dominiert die Annahme, es handle sich in erster Linie um von religiös-fundamentalistischen Überzeugungen…

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