Religion and Conflict: Explaining the Puzzling Case of “Islamic Violence”

International Interactions

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 509-538

  Karakaya, Süveyda ^a  

^a MELIKSAH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

civil war; conflict; security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931035271     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: 15477444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2015.1016158     Document Type: Article

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