ФЕНОМЕНИ ЖЕНА У ТЕРОРИСТИЧКИМ АКТИВНОСТИМА
PHENOMENA OF WOMEN IN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

Author(s): Hatidža Beriša, Miloš Veličković
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Media studies, Security and defense, Social Theory, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: CENTAR MODERNIH ZNANJA
Keywords: media; internet; propaganda; terrorism; technology;
Summary/Abstract: Terrorist activities are already present through the media, whose actors can include some new phenomena when it comes to the method and type of action. Namely, these phenomena are women who have committed crimes, which, when it comes to the method of action, was the primary goal of terrorists. Nowadays, they undoubtedly occupy some of the important positions in international terrorism, but especially in media propaganda, due to the embodiment of cries, revenge and curses on the one hand, or fragility on the other hand as a human being who is destined and has an imperative role in the world to bring about a new being. At one time, the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda entrusted women with some of the most important roles within its organization, and in addition to Palestinian women, Chechen, Egyptian, Tunisian and other women from Arab countries also actively participated in terrorism. While some women's motivation is primarily emotional, Chechen women suicide bombers in particular were often betrayed by their own families and manipulated, and others were "used" based on their "image" when it came to the type of action they took. The development of technology and media has enabled women to follow jihadist campaigns, which further forced them to join the "holy war", in which they have become an inseparable link. The aim of the paper is to examine how the media serve terrorist organizations to affirm their role in gaining publicity, primarily in recruiting and mobilizing new members, and especially in winning over female sympathizers with their ideology, who then become the bearers of terrorist activities.

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