You are on page 1of 2

KLAUS HOCK, NINA KÄSEHAGE (EDS.

KLAUS HOCK, NINA KÄSEHAGE (EDS.)


Discourses on ‘radical Islam’, on ‘Islamic extremism’, or on ‘religious
violence’ in Islamic contexts are en vogue – in and beyond academia.
‘MILITANT ISLAM’ VS.
‘ISLAMIC MILITANCY’?
But in view of the highly contested topic of political Islam, the challenge
starts already with the preferred terminology. What actually are we talking
about when we talk about ‘salafism’, ‘jihadism’, ‘Islamic terrorism’, etc.?
This edited volume provides a collection of contributions that due to Religion, Violence, Category Formation
their respective academic cultures and disciplinary locations display a
multifaceted variety of approaches to the research field and its subject. and Applied Research. Contested Fields
in the Discourses of Scholarship

‘MILITANT ISLAM’ VS. ‘ISLAMIC MILITANCY’?


Prof. Dr. Klaus Hock is Head of the Department of Religious Studies
and Intercultural Theology at the University of Rostock. His research
focus is on transculturation and religious hybridity.

Dr. Nina Käsehage is research fellow at the University of Rostock with a


focus on Islamic radicalization. Currently, she is working on the religious
socialization of children in the former Islamic State (IS).

978-3-643-91275-6

9 *ukdzfe#.yxmbn*
Religionswissenschaft: Forschung und Wissenschaft
Lit
www.lit-verlag.ch Lit Lit
CONTENTS

KLAUS HOCK & NINA KÄSEHAGE


Introduction 7

HANS G. KIPPENBERG
The End of Jihādi Movements in the Light
of Comparative Studies in the Decline of Terrorism 23

ALEX P. SCHMID
Religion and Violent Extremism
– with a Focus on Islamist Jihādism 51

REINHARD SCHULZE
Beyond Religion – Beyond Islam:
The Challenge of Ultra-Islamist Violence 89

FLORIAN ZEMMIN
The Problem of Salafism, the Problem with ‘Salafism’:
An Essay on the Usability of an Academic Category
to Understand a Political Challenge 117

ANDREW HAMMOND
Contesting Legitimacy:
Zahid Kevseri’s Semantic War with Emerging Salafism 143

NINA KÄSEHAGE
Empowerment through Violence
– European Women in Jihādi Movements 169

OLGA TORRES DÍAZ


Islamism and Women in the Sahel: Roots and Evolutions 195

CLAUDIA CARVALHO & JOHANNES SAAL


The Hidden Women of the Caliphate – A Glimpse
into the Spanish-Moroccan Jihādist Network on Facebook 217

List of Contributors 265

You might also like