Who are they: radicals? extremists? fundamentalists? A phenomenological analysis of Salafi movements with the case of AQAP

Pektas U., KAŞIKCI T.

SMALL WARS AND INSURGENCIES, 2025 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/09592318.2025.2520095
  • Dergi Adı: SMALL WARS AND INSURGENCIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, American History and Life, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Political Science Complete, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The objective of this study is to clarify the contents of significant concepts that are radicalism, extremism, and fundamentalism frequently used interchangeably in the literature. The study employs Husserl's phenomenological method to redefine these concepts through phenomenon of alienation from the lifeworld. This conceptual analysis model is applied to the case study of Salafism, which is commonly described as radical, extremist, or fundamentalist in the literature. The publications of Al-Qaeda in Arab Peninsula, a prominent representative of this strong current within Salafism in the contemporary era, are analyzed to reveal the organization's discourses on cognitive and behavioral radicalism and extremism.