Al-Qaeda's female jihadists : the Islamist ideological view

Unlike their male counterparts, the status of women in radical Islamist ideology is not conducive for participation in the global jihad. Yet there has been a sharp increase in the number of female suicide bombers linked to Al Qaeda. How can this be explained?

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Main Author: Tuty Raihanah Mostarom
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90631
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6098
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English