Research Articles Supplement 1 · 2016 · pp. 75–80 · Issue page

A SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL APPROACH TO ISIL ACTIONS

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1 MA, National Intelligence Academy „Mihai Viteazul”, Bucharest
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 28 March 2026
Available Online 15 August 2016
THE ANALYSIS UNDERTAKEN IN THIS ARTICLE IS MEANT TO EXPLORE THE COMPLEX SOCIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DYNAMICS THAT LEAD TO THE CREATION OF ISIL. THIS TERRORIST GROUP IS BY FAR THE MOST VIOLENT, CRUEL AND ALSO THE MOST MILITARY DEVELOPED OF ALL TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS UP TO PRESENT DAY.WE HAVE EXAMINED THE SPECIFIC IDEOLOGICAL, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BACK GROUND OF THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE GEO-POLITICAL CONTEXT THAT LED TO THE VACUUM OF POWER THAT HAS CREATED ISIL. WE HAVE ALSO EXPLORED THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DRIVES OF THE MUJAHIDEEN AND THE RELEVANCE OF THEIR CULTURAL BACKGROUND. IN THE END OF THIS STUDY WE AN ALYZE THE DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF THIS TYPE OF TERRORISM ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WESTERN INDIVIDUALS.
ISLAMIC STATE TERRORISM MIDDLE EAST AL -QAEDA PSYCHOLOGY
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