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Are Homegrown Islamic Terrorists Different? Some UK Evidence
Author(s) -
Altunbas Yener,
Thornton John
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
southern economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 2325-8012
pISSN - 0038-4038
DOI - 10.4284/0038-4038-78.2.262
Subject(s) - terrorism , islam , ethnic group , citizenship , political science , criminology , sample (material) , demographic economics , sociology , law , geography , economics , politics , chemistry , chromatography , archaeology
We compare the characteristics of 77 homegrown Islamic terrorists in the UK to a representative sample of 1363 UK Muslims. UK Muslims are more likely to participate in terrorist acts if they are better educated and young. Other predictors of UK Muslims being involved in terrorism are employment status, UK citizenship, and ethnic origin.