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Based on field research in Lebanon and Sri Lanka, this article discusses the ways in which Hizballah and the LTTE use nonprofit service provision as a tool for increasing community support. The article compares the organizations’ goals... more
In this modern era, the representation of Islam and terrorism in Western media has been a contentious topic of multiple implications. This project entails a comprehensive analysis of the impact that the news media has had on the portrayal... more
رسانه قدرت این را دارد که از کاه کوهی بسازد و از کوه کاهی، این مطلب از افرادی شنیده میشود که روزی هم تحصیلات حرفهای رسانهیی نداشته اند اما از قدرت انکار ناپذیر رسانهها در ساختار های قدرت، تصمیمگیریهای بزرگ کشوری و شکلدهی افکار... more
The Kargil war was India's 'first war on television' and opened up enormous scope for the researchers from various dimensions to understand and analyse this war in general and media studies in particular. The objective of the paper is to... more
Since independence (1960), Nigeria has experienced many ethno-religious and socio-political crises. Boko Haram insurgency which began in 2009, is one of the longest conflicts since then. The insurgency has created one of the worst... more
The IRA's training manual, the Green Book, stresses the importance of preparing their sympathetic audiences for impending attacks through propaganda campaigns that vilify the intended target and otherwise support the moral legitimacy of... more
Nigeria has had an interesting and significant conflict and crisis trajectory over the course of its existence. This is not far removed from the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multicultural and multi-political features of the country.... more
Dābiq is an electronic magazine (e-zine) utilising strategic utopianism and savagery messages supported by exemplary leadership, eschatology, and current events reports. This project analyses narrative themes present within Dābiq and... more
This article examines the impact of the spreading of Wahhabism (as one of the most militant religious teachings) on the escalation of international terrorism on European soil. It tries to point out potential hazards and propose possible... more
The Madhesi conflict escalated after the promulgation of the constitution of Nepal in 2015. Apparently, issues of identity, inclusiveness and the language and culture of the Madhesi were considered to be the causal factors of this... more
The importance of the media as the bridge between the government and the governed cannot be over-emphasized. The crucial roles played by the media and the sensitivity of these roles as evident in the risks associated with them have... more
This study examines coverage patterns of the killing of Burhan Muzaffar Wani in two leading English dailies of Pakistan and India from July 2016 to December 2016. The killing of Wani, a commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, in an encounter by... more
This article deals with the attempts by the radical Islamist ideologue Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi to reclaim scholarly authority over jihad, a phenomenon he has helped promote but that has led to excesses he disagrees with and has... more
... “Pakistani attitudes towards militancy in and beyond Pakistan”. In Saving Afghanistan , Edited by: Krishnappa, V., D'Souza, Shanthie Mariet and Singh, Priyanka. 93–112. ... In Saving Afghanistan , Edited by:... more
This article explores two ways of conceptualizing ties between charity, contentious politics, political violence, and terrorism. The first half of the article discusses how social and political exclusion serve as motivations for... more
Women and girls do not have an option about fighting in the wars of the twentieth and twenty-first century. The vast majority of war casualties today are average citizens and the preponderance of these are women and children. Political... more
This article discusses two aspects that are important for understanding the relationship between Western news media and terrorism: the changing representation of terrorists and terrorist attacks in the media and, with it, the changing... more