Western foreign fighters in the conflict in Syria and Iraq: a critical reflection on the role of Muslims’ identity and integration in the West

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dc.contributor.authorHashemirahaghi, Seyedmehdi
dc.contributor.supervisorWatson, Scott D.
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-20T17:52:39Z
dc.date.available2016-04-20T17:52:39Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-04-20
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe current conflict in Syria and Iraq has attracted a large number of foreign fighters (FFs) from Western countries. The main question of this thesis is why these countries do not have a similar pattern for their proportions of FFs. This thesis explores this question in nine Western countries with varying proportions of FFs: Finland, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, England, Canada, Australia, and America. Through a case study of Islamic State’s online FF recruitment campaign, it will be shown that common religious identity is the main part of the group’s recruitment message. However, comparing the identified countries on factors related to Muslims’ identity and integration uncovers that common Muslim identity itself is not capable of answering the question; instead, it is Muslims’ integration into their surrounding societies that correlates with proportions of FFs from identified countries.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0615en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0616en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0750en_US
dc.description.proquestemailmhashemi@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7142
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectForeign Fightersen_US
dc.subjectThe Islamic Stateen_US
dc.subjectIntegrationen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectISISen_US
dc.subjectISILen_US
dc.subjectCivil Waren_US
dc.subjectSyriaen_US
dc.subjectIraqen_US
dc.subjectWestern Countriesen_US
dc.titleWestern foreign fighters in the conflict in Syria and Iraq: a critical reflection on the role of Muslims’ identity and integration in the Westen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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