Contesting the Theological Foundations of Islamism and Violent Extremism

Fethi Mansouri is Director of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization at Deakin University and UNESCO Chairholder at Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, Australia. Zuleyha Keskin is Course Director at Charles Sturt University, Australia, and Managing Editor of Australian Journal of Islamic Studies.

• 1. Introduction: Framing the Debate Around Islamic Theology, Radicalisation and Violent Extremism.- 2. Causes of Radicalisation: Theological Arguments as the Ultimate Trigger.- 3. Refuting the Extremist Interpretations of the Text and the Prophetic Traditions: The Case Chapter.- 4. Social Construction of Jihad and Human Dignity in the Language of ISIS.- 5. Orientalism and Anti-Orientalism: Epistemological Approaches to Islam and Violence.- 6. Political and Social Changes in the Muslim World with Special Reference to Development, Knowledge and Freedom Deficits.- 7. Islamism, Radicalisation and Violent Extremism: Perspectives of Young Muslim Australians.- 8. Understanding Key Themes in the ISIS Narrative: An Examination of Dabiq Magazine.- 9. Potential Impact of the AKP’s Unofficial Political Islamic Law on the Radicalisation of the Turkish Muslim Youth in the West.- 10. Said Nursi’s Non-Violent Social Activism as a Refutation and Response to the Re-Emergent Neo-Kharijite Sect in Islam.- 11. Pro-Active Religious Rehabilitation for the Prevention of Radicalism and Violent Extremism.