Dialogue as a counterextremism policy: lessons from the history of early Islam—the Kharijites vs. the authority
Governments worldwide have made it a priority to combat religious extremism, resulting in various disciplinary and soft-power policies. This study focuses on dialogue as an effective way to counter and prevent religious extremism, using the Kharijites (the first extremist faction that mutinied again...
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2024
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/114218/6/114218_Dialogue%20as%20a%20counterextremism%20policy_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/114218/7/114218_Dialogue%20as%20a%20counterextremism%20policy.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/114218/ https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/931511/pdf#info_wrap https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a931511 |
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| Summary: | Governments worldwide have made it a priority to combat religious extremism, resulting in various disciplinary and soft-power policies. This study focuses on dialogue as an effective way to counter and prevent religious extremism, using the Kharijites (the first extremist faction that mutinied against the caliphal authority) as a case study. Historical methodology is used to collect data, and a critical analysis is conducted using inductive and deductive methods to draw conclusions and insights for a proposed dialogue model. The essay argues that military power is ephemeral and sometimes counterproductive, so the emphasis should be on a long-lived "mind power." Further, given the embedded nature of religious underpinnings of extremists' ideologies, the study highlights seven key terms that form the foundation of the three-level dialogue model |
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