Women affiliated with Muslims Against Crusaders and Women4Shariah

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Women affiliated with Muslims Against Crusaders and Women4Shariah "
Mohammed Ilyas

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072566
Doc. No	:	LA116195
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341275‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Mohammed Ilyas
Title & Author	:	Women affiliated with Muslims Against Crusaders and Women4Shariah [Article]\ Mohammed Ilyas
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Muslims in Europe
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/1
Page No	:	49–65
Abstract	:	Over the last few years we have seen a number of Muslim women being convicted of terrorism such as Roshonara Choudhry for stabbing MP Stephen Timms in 2010 and Shasta Khan for bomb making in 2012. These cases demonstrate that Muslim women, like their male counterparts are also targets for radicalization and recruitment from political and violent Islamist groups in the uk. Although it is important to explore the acquisition of extreme ideas and the move to violence but access to such individuals is very difficult. Access to women involved in Islamist groups is possible but is fraught with problems. This paper is based on preliminary findings from interviews carried out with Muslim women that were affiliated with political Islamist groups Muslim Against Crusaders (proscribed in 2011) and Women4Shariah. It explores how they become affiliated with the groups, and what impact this has had on their lives. Over the last few years we have seen a number of Muslim women being convicted of terrorism such as Roshonara Choudhry for stabbing MP Stephen Timms in 2010 and Shasta Khan for bomb making in 2012. These cases demonstrate that Muslim women, like their male counterparts are also targets for radicalization and recruitment from political and violent Islamist groups in the uk. Although it is important to explore the acquisition of extreme ideas and the move to violence but access to such individuals is very difficult. Access to women involved in Islamist groups is possible but is fraught with problems. This paper is based on preliminary findings from interviews carried out with Muslim women that were affiliated with political Islamist groups Muslim Against Crusaders (proscribed in 2011) and Women4Shariah. It explores how they become affiliated with the groups, and what impact this has had on their lives.
Descriptor	:	activism
Descriptor	:	Al-Muhajiroun
Descriptor	:	Europe
Descriptor	:	Islamism
Descriptor	:	Muslim Against Crusaders
Descriptor	:	politics
Descriptor	:	radicalization
Descriptor	:	women
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341275‬