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Die Hydra des Dschihadismus: Entstehung, Ausbreitung und Abwehr einer globalen Gefahr
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2023), 366 pp.
"Die grausamen Handlungen dschihadistischer Gruppierungen wie der „Al-Qaida“ oder des „Islamischen Staates“ schockieren und verbreiten Angst. Immer wieder scheinen neue Attentäter nachzurücken, ein Phänomen, das Asiem El Difraoui mit den stets nachwachsenden Köpfen einer Hydra vergleicht
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Strict Fanaticism and Radicalism with the Post Battle on Dread Situation in Pakistan: Security Worries for Media Reporters in Kp
Pakistan Journal of Linguistics, volume 4, issue 1 (2022), pp. 1-15
"Geo-strategically, Pakistan is placed in the region that has been frayed by wars conflict since the USSR’s (1979) invasion of Afghanistan. Since, Pakistan is sharing one of the longest borders with Afghanistan, hence could not remain impervious. The region, specially, Pakistan had not yet fully r
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Fundamentalism and the Search for Meaning in Digital Media Among Gen Y and Gen Z
Journal for Deradicalization, issue 33 (2022), pp. 255-285
"Religious fundamentalists have a common fear that modernity, digital mass media, and popular culture may corrupt young adults and undermine sacred values and moral codes. However, some young adults do not abandon their religion; conversely, they submit to fundamentalist religious authority and are
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Communication in Global Jihad
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xi, 241 pp.
"This book conceptually examines the role of communication in global jihad from multiple perspectives. The main premise is that communication is so vital to the global jihadist movement today that jihadists will use any communicative tool, tactic, or approach to impact or transform people and the pu
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The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2021), xv, 441 pp.
"The handbook is divided into five parts, each taking global developments in the field into account: Theoretical Reflections, Power and Authority Conflict, Radicalization and Populism, Dialogue and Peacebuilding, Trends. Within these sections, central issues, debates and developments are examined, i
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Radikalisierung im Cyberspace: Die virtuelle Welt des Salafismus im deutschsprachigen Raum - ein Weg zur islamistischen Radikalisierung?
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2021), 278 pp.
"Auch die salafistische Szene nutzt den virtuellen Raum zur Propagierung ihrer Ideologie und zur Rekrutierung von Mitgliedern. Gerade für eine jüngere Zielgruppe hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren ein breites Angebot im deutschsprachigen Raum herausgebildet, mit dem Salafisten ihre Glaubensinhalte
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Vom Vorurteil zur Gewalt: Politische und soziale Feindbilder in Geschichte und Gegenwart
Freiburg et al.: Herder (2020), 479 pp.
Satellite Sectarianisation or Plain Old Partisanship? Inciting Violence in the Arab Mainstream Media
London: LSE Middle East Centre (2019), 23 pp.
"This report assesses widespread claims that pan-Arab satellite news channels are responsible for inciting sectarian violence during the Arab uprisings. Based on an empirical study of how the most popular channels (Al-Jazeera Arabic and Al-Arabiya) and a competitive newcomer (Al-Mayadeen) have frame
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Islamist Buzzers: Message Flodding, Offline Outreach, and Astroturfing
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, volume 12, issue 2 (2019), pp. 187-208
"Based on ethnographic research on Islamist buzzers – social media political operators tasked with making particular online conversation subjects trend – in Indonesia, this article details the process of how the proliferation of insensitive message in both the online and offline realms plays a r
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Dark Religion and Conspiracy Theories: An Analytical Viewpoint
Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche, volume 13, issue 4 (2019), pp. 14-34
"Conspiracy theories have infiltrated increasingly larger areas of cultural and political life. Conspiracism seems to replace or supplement fundamentalist religious beliefs while also supplying material that is, in turn, used for endorsing political and ideological agendas. Similarities between cons
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Vigilante Publics: Orientalism, Modernity and Hindutva Fascism in India
Javnost: The Public, volume 25, issue 4 (2018), pp. 333-350
"This paper explores the interconnections of Hindutva fascist repertoires in India and quasi-orientalist discourses. History and common sense are re-written through audiovisual communications to appeal to one section of a dangerously split Indian public and a neoliberal-touristic sensibility elsewhe
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Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2018), xiii, 556 pp.
"Conspiracy theories are a ubiquitous feature of our times. The Handbook of Conspiracy Theories and Contemporary Religion is the first reference work to offer a comprehensive, transnational overview of this phenomenon along with in-depth discussions of how conspiracy theories relate to religion(s).
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De-Centring Western Enlightenment: Revisionist Histories, Contestation and Communication Theory
Javnost: The Public, volume 25, issue 4 (2018), pp. 333-440
As Terrorism Evolves: Media, Religion, and Governance
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017), xi, 189 pp.
"Seib traces how terrorism has proliferated and increased significantly in menace in the relatively brief period between the rise of al-Qaeda and the creation of Islamic State. With close attention to the linkages between media, religion, and violence, the book offers incisive analysis of how organi
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Building the Sacred Community Online: The Dual Use of the Internet by Chabad
Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 1 (2016), pp. 71-88
"Religious communities have ongoing concerns about Internet use, as it intensifies the clash between tradition and modernity, a clash often found in traditionally inclined societies. Nevertheless, as websites become more useful and widely accessible, religious and communal stakeholders have continuo
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Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2016), xviii, 308 pp.
"Outbreaks of religious intolerance are usually assumed to be visceral and spontaneous. But in 'Hate Spin', Cherian George shows that they often involve sophisticated campaigns manufactured by political opportunists to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. Right-wing networks orchestrate th
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Jihadism: Online Discourses and Representations
Göttingen: V & R Unipress, Vienna University Press (2013), 255 pp.
New Approaches to the Analysis of Jihadism: Online and Offline
Göttingen: V & R Unipress, Vienna University Press (2012), 224 pp.
Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Vol. 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere
London; New York: Tauris (2011), xi, 349 pp.
"How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This two-volume series analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. This second volume explores the links between fundamentalism and communication: the rise
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Cyber-Buddhism: Fundamentalism, the Internet and the Public Sphere in Thailand
In: Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Vol. 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere
London; New York: Tauris (2011), pp. 216-236
"In the case of contemporary Buddhism, we have seen how fundamentalism and democracy are connected to each other, and also how the public sphere, mediated by the new technology of the internet, has a role to play in these relations. We have seen how groups such as the 'Santi Asoke' are succeeding de
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