“Among the Believers Are Men”:

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" “Among the Believers Are Men”: "
Mikami, Nathan Craig Cottam, Martha L.

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1104828
Doc. No	:	TLpq2272255378
Main Entry	:	Cottam, Martha L.
	:	Mikami, Nathan Craig
Title & Author	:	“Among the Believers Are Men”:\ Mikami, Nathan CraigCottam, Martha L.
College	:	Washington State University
Date	:	2019
student score	:	2019
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Page No	:	211
Abstract	:	This research explores two facets of Islamic State recruitment efforts. First, it examines role of religious-national identity in the Islamic State’s attempt to appeal to alienated and marginalized Muslims living in Western societies; and second, it explores the relationship between an individual’s level of religious literacy/knowledge and the proclivity to join the Islamic State and/or engage in extremist behaviors. I have conducted this research using a mixed-methods approach to test theoretically grounded expectations about the quantitative and qualitative attributes of religious-national content found in the Islamic State’s English-language magazine Dabiq; as well as various hypotheses pertaining to the relationship between religious literacy and the potentially extreme and violent behaviors of Islamic State recruits. This research provides a theoretical framework for understanding these phenomena, as well as empirical data that allows for testing previously unproven assumptions about ISIS recruits.
Subject	:	International relations
	:	Political science