Author: Michael Kiefer

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Supporters of the radical Islamic preacher Pierre Vogel take part in a demonstration in Frankfurt am Main city centre on 07.09.2013 (photo: picture-alliance/dpa/ B. Roessler)

Islamism in the Paris aftermath

The "Allah Generation": figment of the collective imagination

Many people fear that young refugees from Iraq or Syria are being recruited by Salafists in Western Europe. But the facts show that these fears are unfounded. By Michael KieferMore

Interview with the Islam scholar Lamya Kaddor: Jihad as a form of youth protestRaising awareness about Salafism in German schools: Symbolic acts alone are not enoughGerman jihadists: Turning their backs on the West
Supporters of Islamic State (photo: AP)

Recruitment strategies used by Islamic State

A mutation of religion

The crude promises of salvation and ideological constructs propagated by IS, and the apocalyptic fantasies it is spreading via films and magazines on the Internet make the terrorist militia attractive to radical forces not only in the Arab world but in Europe too. By Michael KieferMore

German jihadists: Turning their backs on the WestInterview with the Islam scholar Lamya Kaddor: Jihad as a form of youth protest"Islamic State" versus "Taliban Emirate": One caliph too many "Women of the Islamic State": Prisoners of a barbaric system