Online jihadism for the hip-hop generation: Mobilizing diasporic muslim youth in cyberspace

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 7-19

  Drissel, David ^a  

^a Iowa Central Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Computer mediated Communication; Diaspora; G had; Hip Hop generation; Islamic fundamentalism; Jihad; Muslim youth; My Space; Online jihadism; Pan Islamism; Social networks; Terrorism; Youtube

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051499203     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v02i04/52378     Document Type: Article

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