God and Mammon: does poverty cause militant Islam?
The writer debunks the assumption that socioeconomic adversity drives Muslims to extremism and instead argues that the factors that cause militant Islam to decline or prosper seem to have more to do with issues of identity than economics. He considers the possibility that, in fact, it is wealth tha...
| Publicado en: | National Interest no. 66; pp. 14 - 22 |
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Center for the National Interest
Winter 2001/2002
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| Sumario: | The writer debunks the assumption that socioeconomic adversity drives Muslims to extremism and instead argues that the factors that cause militant Islam to decline or prosper seem to have more to do with issues of identity than economics. He considers the possibility that, in fact, it is wealth that drives militant Islam, by adding strength to the battle against the West. He concludes that to understand what causes militant Islam, it is necessary to reduce economic aspects to their proper proportions and to focus on the political, cultural, and religious dimensions. |
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