Studies on radicalization & comments

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Two articles found today.

'Jihadi Culture' by Thomas Hegghammer in a short Q&A:

discusses one of the most underexplored terrains of research on political violence, the culture of jihadi groups

Yes there is a new book: Jihadi Culture: The Art and Social Practices of Militant Islamistswas recently published.
Link to article:https://sustainablesecurity.org/2017...as-hegghammer/

From a staff member @ Open Society Foundation, a slightly different viewpoint on 'The Truth About Terror and Youth Radicalization'

One sentence stood out:

A family member of one of the Barcelona attackers said of the terrorists, “All of them were well integrated here. All of them spoke Catalan, went to school and [had] jobs. But here in Ripoll, we are and will always be los moros” (a racial slur for people of Arab descent).

Link:https://www.opensocietyfoundations.o...radicalization