Weapon of the strong? Government support for religion and majoritarian terrorism

• Main Authors: Henne, Peter S., Saiya, Nilay, Hand, Ashlyn W.
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Terrorism; Religion
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145549
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article addresses a puzzle in terrorism studies. That terrorism functions as a “weapon of the weak” is conventional wisdom among terrorism researchers. When it comes to religious communities, however, often it is those groups favored by the state—rather than repressed minority communities—that...