JIHADIST DISENGAGEMENT AND DERADICALIZATION IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM: SOME THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS

Authors : Samir Amghar, Khadiyatoulah Fall

Pages : 1-17

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Publication Date : 2023-10-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This article attempts to identify what pushes a person to leave Islamic violence behind. Because disaffiliation is a process, hit suggests looking not for a trigger element, but for the different variables are intertwined in an "equation of disaffiliation”. The reasons for getting out are the product of a jihadist disenchantment followed by a discordance between the individual’s aspirations and the possibility of reaching those aspirations within the jihadist movement.
Keywords : France, radicalization, Islamic groups, Jihadist movement