| Publication |
2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The argument put forward in this
article is that while the radicalization
of Islamists is undoubtedly
taking place in North Africa, it
is not possible to devise a formula that
enables us to predict why people become
radicalized or who these people are.2 Of
course, it is feasible to identify a number
of radicalized and sometimes violent Islamist
groupings, but their emergence, membership
base and modus operandi do not
conform to a particular pattern. In short,
the radicalization of Islamists is a highly
complex phenomenon. With regard to violent
radicalization, one member of a group
may become violent while others do not,
hence making the individual rather than
the group the victim of such a process.
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