Islam and large-scale political violence: Is there a connection?

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1327-1362

  Steven Fish, M ^a   Jensenius, Francesca R ^a   Michel, Katherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Islam; Islamism; Muslims; political violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957264769     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010376912     Document Type: Article

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