Female suicide bombers: a global trend

Bloom, Mia

doi:10.1162/daed.2007.136.1.94

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“…Terrorism leaders have found a strategic value to exploit their services, which is, feelings of hurt as a victim. These reviews strengthen Mia Bloom's [5] research findings.…”

Section: " Dengan Alasan Birrul Walidain Banyak Ayah Yang Mengajasupporting

confidence: 61%

The Phenomenon of De-radicalization in Al Hidayah Boarding School, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Harahap

Irmayani

2018

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICSPS 2017)

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Abstract-The phenomenon of de-radicalization is a rare attempt in the study of terrorism. It is because institutions that specifically do so are still minimal, especially in educational institutions such as boarding school. In the case of Indonesia, Al Hidayah boarding school is the first in Indonesia to educate children from former terrorist families as well as for the poor. The questions related to the phenomenon are, what is the main background of the establishment of Al Hidayah Boarding School in Deli Serdang District? Why is this boarding school trying to educate the terrorists' children to anticipate the growing understanding of radicalism? This study attempts to answer the questions by using the qualitative method. Data collection methods applied are document studies, observation, and in-depth interviews. The findings of this study are the three backgrounds of the establishment of this boarding school. The first result shows the ideological change of the actors. The second outcome is the humanitarian reasons behind this, and the last one is as a deradicalization role model. It is crucial to guide the terrorists' children because of five things. First, they are abandoned because their parents were imprisoned or died. Secondly, there is a negative stigma in society against children of terrorists. Third, they absorb the seed of radical ideology (spirited of terror) through their parents. Fourth, they tend to have the nature of hating the state and the security apparatus. The last one is because they have the potential to be recruited as terrorists. There are two theoretical implications of this study, namely, reinforcing Mia Bloom's theory that has explained the emergence of terrorists, and secondly, it rejects Mark Jurgensmeyer's theory which explains the strange relationship between religion and terrorism.

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“…Terrorism leaders have found a strategic value to exploit their services, which is, feelings of hurt as a victim. These reviews strengthen Mia Bloom's [5] research findings.…”

Section: " Dengan Alasan Birrul Walidain Banyak Ayah Yang Mengajasupporting

confidence: 61%

The Phenomenon of De-radicalization in Al Hidayah Boarding School, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Harahap

Irmayani

2018

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICSPS 2017)

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“…For example, even as Coughlin (2000) lists known and unnamed women who joined the Palestinian struggle, fought against the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, served as fighter pilots in the Syrian army, occupied high positions in the Turkish and Iranian Armies, and participated in the secessionist movement in the Philippines, it is not well known that Muslim women in different parts of the Muslim world have actually trained and fought alongside men. Quite a few have written on women's involvement in conflict by becoming suicide bombers and thus challenging the patriarchal religio-nationalist tradition of deploying only men in this form of martyrdom (Bloom 2007;Hasso 2005;Zedalis 2004). …”

Section: The Discursive Terrain Of Women In Armed Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women and armed conflict in the Philippines: narrative portraits of women on the ground

Veneracion-Rallonza

2015

Philippine Political Science Journal

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This article reconstructs the stories of three women who experienced armed conflict in the Philippines. Their narratives were documented through the process of individual storytelling, an exercise that involved reflexive meaning creation on the part of the storyteller. Thus, even as there have been numerous studies reflecting the discourses of women's victimization/vulnerability and agency in the context of armed conflict, this article stands by the importance of each and every story told by each and every woman. In other words, beyond the project of narrative documentation and analysis lies that marginal space where stories told are not just valuable for the hard data they contain; their significance must also be seen from the vantage points of storytellers as cocreators of knowledge that can provide alternative perspectives on the linearity of the discourses of women's victimization/vulnerability and agency.

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“…Terrorists have a range of methods for disrupting such events, such as explosives and other incendiary devices, bioterrorism, food terrorism, nuclear terrorism, cyber-terrorism, suicide bombings, kidnappings, and hostage taking (Bergesen, 2006;Bloom, 2007;Tosini, 2009;Yoon & Shanklin, 2007). The impacts of such measures on tourism and sporting events have been extensively examined (e.g.…”

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Terrorism, rugby, and hospitality: She׳ll be right

Peter

Poulston

Losekoot

2014

Journal of Destination Marketing & Management

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In 2011, international attention was focussed on New Zealand, host of the Rugby World Cup (RWC 2011), which brought 133,200 visitors to New Zealand over a three-month period. This exploratory study, undertaken before the event, investigates the attitudes of hotel managers and staff as they prepared to host spectators, rugby teams, and media personnel. The aim of the study was to determine preparedness for an attack, and assess attitudes and approaches to risk management in relation to terrorism. Interview data collected from senior hospitality managers revealed a distinctly laissez faire approach to security, which is partly explained by Hofstede's (1984) low uncertainty avoidance category for New Zealand. This attitude is reputedly common in New Zealand, where it is proudly expressed as 'she'll be right'.It is hoped that this study will bring attention to the weak security measures in New Zealand, which would have been insufficient protection for life and property, had a serious terrorist attack been planned.

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Female suicide bombers: a global trend

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The Phenomenon of De-radicalization in Al Hidayah Boarding School, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

The Phenomenon of De-radicalization in Al Hidayah Boarding School, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Women and armed conflict in the Philippines: narrative portraits of women on the ground

Terrorism, rugby, and hospitality: She׳ll be right

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