In the media
February 12, 2018
In his TRT World op-ed, C.J Werleman uses ICCT Fellow J.M Berger's analysis of in/out group binaries to make sense of violent anti-Muslim extremism. In the same way ISIS propaganda constructs an 'us vs them' binary, recent anti-Muslim attacks can be understood as acts of in-group violence against an out-group Other. "Anti-Muslim extremists are radicalizing in the exact same manner as homegrown “jihadists”. They’re consuming political and social discourse that narrates an us versus them binary, according to JM Berger of the International Center for Counter Terrorism (ICCT) in The Hague." Read the full article here.
