Description
Book SynopsisWith the rise of religiously motivated violence and terrorism, governments around the world need to develop their religious and ideological capabilities in parallel with strengthening their law enforcement, military and intelligence capabilities. Terrorist Rehabilitation: A New Frontier in Counter-terrorism aims to provide an understanding of the importance of the approach and strategy of terrorist rehabilitation in countering this threat.Comprising of nine chapters, this book provides case study assessments of terrorist rehabilitation practices set against the backdrop of their unique operational and geopolitical milieu in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. This will help the reader to form a foundational understanding of the concept of terrorist rehabilitation by combining the insights, successes and experience of senior government officials and counter-terrorism experts. In addition, the contributors provide discussions on religious concepts that have been manipulated by violent Islamists as a background to understanding religiously or ideologically motivated terrorism and the avenues open for countering it.
Table of ContentsGenesis, Genealogy and Likely Future of Terrorist Rehabilitation; Terrorist Rehabilitation: The Saudi Experience; Terrorist Rehabilitation: The Singapore Experience; Terrorist Rehabilitation: The Indonesian Experience; Terrorist Rehabilitation: The Indonesian Experience; Terrorist Rehabilitation: The Sri Lankan Experience; Delegitimising the Al-Qaeda Narrative Supporting Obligatory Jihad: The Interpretation of Islamic Concept of Jihad Drawn from the Fatwa on Terrorism; Al-Wala' wal Bara' (Loyalty and Disavowal) in Modern Salafism: Analysing the Positions of Purist, Politico and Jihadi Salafis; Weighing the Arguments of Takfir and "Islam Under Attack"; The Outcome of a Long Process Tracking Terrorist Rehabilitation and the Beginning of a Longer One, Implementing Best Practices in Regional Contexts;
