Mohamed Merah: From petty criminal to neojihadist Andre, Virginie and Harris-Hogan, Shandon 2013, Mohamed Merah: From petty criminal to neojihadist, Politics, religion & ideology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 307-319, doi: 10.1080/21567689.2013.792655. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Mohamed Merah: From petty criminal to neojihadist Author(s) Andre, Virginie Harris-Hogan, Shandon Journal name Politics, religion & ideology Volume number 14 Issue number 2 Start page 307 End page 319 Total pages 13 Publisher Routledge Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2013 ISSN 2156-7697 Summary The 2012 killing of three French soldiers and four Jewish civilians by a 23-year-old petty criminal turned neojihadist simultaneously manifested some of contemporary French society's worst fears, namely the radicalisation of its youth and home-grown terrorism. The attacks were the final step in Mohamed Merah's radicalisation, a process influenced during his family, accelerated during his time in prison and nurtured by divides within French society. This article aims to shed light on his radicalisation by examining the social and familial milieux he grew up in and the impact incarceration had on his identity and beliefs. More broadly, this article will demonstrate how in a country where the ultra-Right's hijacking of the Republican notion of secularity or laïcité is leading to an increasingly divided society, neojihadism is providing some Muslim youth with an alternative source of identity. Notes Special Issue: Islamophobia, European Modernity and Contemporary Illiberalism Language eng DOI 10.1080/21567689.2013.792655 Field of Research 169999 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30064368 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 12:06:48 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 14:00:21 EST Thu, 19 Jun 2014, 12:04:36 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 201 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 12:06:48 EST

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