The Roots of Islamic Radicalism
The Roots of Islamic Radicalism

Summary/Abstract: In the Arab world the most often repeated slogan of our age is Al-Islam din wa dawla: Islam is state and religion. It means religion and politics cannot be separated, they go hand in hand. The slogan suggests that Islamic radicalism too has to have two faces: a political and a religious one. In the following I will try to explain the phenomenon of “radical Islam” from both sides, and analyse the most important elements responsible for the rise and proliferation of radicalism in the world of Islam and in Europe today.

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