The fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organization

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dc.contributor.advisorLamb, Guyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKreifels, Isabelen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-12T08:54:28Z
dc.date.available2018-02-12T08:54:28Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThroughout the Syrian conflict, a new extremist organization became increasingly visible to the public due its use of extreme violence and continuous threats to the entire world living outside of it. The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) attracted the highest number of foreign fighters in the history of Islamic social movements, and continues to recruit from foreign countries. While the majority of the foreign fighters come from neighbouring countries to the conflict region in Syria and Iraq, it is estimated that around one quarter of the recruits stems from Western countries. Although ISIS managed to attract both men and women to voluntarily join their extremist organization, the vast majority of foreign fighters are men. Due to the recent occurrence of this phenomenon, the motivations of foreign fighters to join ISIS remain greatly under-researched. Taking various attacks and threats towards Western countries into consideration, it might appear paradox that people leave their home countries to fight for ISIS abroad. However, the number of people leaving for this purpose has summed up to around 800 in Germany in 2016. Therefore, this thesis analyses the motifs and causes of German men to travel to the conflict region to become a member of the extremist network. Contrary to the widely-spread assumption that socio-economic circumstances lead young men into violent extremism, this thesis studies their paths to radicalization from a socio-psychological perspective.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKreifels, I. (2017). <i>The fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organization</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27521en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKreifels, Isabel. <i>"The fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organization."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27521en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKreifels, I. 2017. The fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organization. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kreifels, Isabel AB - Throughout the Syrian conflict, a new extremist organization became increasingly visible to the public due its use of extreme violence and continuous threats to the entire world living outside of it. The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) attracted the highest number of foreign fighters in the history of Islamic social movements, and continues to recruit from foreign countries. While the majority of the foreign fighters come from neighbouring countries to the conflict region in Syria and Iraq, it is estimated that around one quarter of the recruits stems from Western countries. Although ISIS managed to attract both men and women to voluntarily join their extremist organization, the vast majority of foreign fighters are men. Due to the recent occurrence of this phenomenon, the motivations of foreign fighters to join ISIS remain greatly under-researched. Taking various attacks and threats towards Western countries into consideration, it might appear paradox that people leave their home countries to fight for ISIS abroad. However, the number of people leaving for this purpose has summed up to around 800 in Germany in 2016. Therefore, this thesis analyses the motifs and causes of German men to travel to the conflict region to become a member of the extremist network. Contrary to the widely-spread assumption that socio-economic circumstances lead young men into violent extremism, this thesis studies their paths to radicalization from a socio-psychological perspective. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - The fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organization TI - The fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organization UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27521 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27521
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKreifels I. The fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organization. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27521en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInternational Relations,en_ZA
dc.titleThe fascination of the 'Islamic State': Perceived iInjustice and crises of identity - why German citizens join the extremist organizationen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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