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Defining and Illustrating “Extremism” Using the Largest Investigation into Islam in Prison (2023)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M. L. N., & Quraishi, M. (2023). Defining and Illustrating “Extremism” Using the Largest Investigation into Islam in Prison. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610x.2023.2247620

In the context of a damaging absence of clarity, we define “Islamist Extremism” as: the absolutely divided and antagonistic Worldview of the “Us”-true-Muslim “in-group” who must strive to live in an “Islamic” State versus “Them”-non-Muslim’ and “wron... Read More about Defining and Illustrating “Extremism” Using the Largest Investigation into Islam in Prison.

‘ Oh you’re on our side, you’re my brother’: occupational ontology and challenges for Muslim prison officers in Europe (2023)
Journal Article
Quraishi, M., & Wilkinson, M. (2023). ‘ Oh you’re on our side, you’re my brother’: occupational ontology and challenges for Muslim prison officers in Europe. Contemporary Islam, 17(3), 411-431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11562-023-00526-9

Filling a significant gap in prisons research, this paper articulates the experiences and perspectives of a group of Muslim prison officers interviewed as part of an international study examining Islam in prison. These Muslim prison officers occupied... Read More about ‘ Oh you’re on our side, you’re my brother’: occupational ontology and challenges for Muslim prison officers in Europe.