Youth and Terrorism

YOUTH AND TERRORISM: A SELECTION OF ARTICLES
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
DATIN PADUKA RASHIDAH RAMLI
MANAGING EDITOR
DATO’ HIDAYAT ABDUL HAMID
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
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AHMAD TAJUDDIN MOHD. SAID
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FOREWORD
Datin Paduka Rashidah Ramli
Director-General
Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia

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ARTICLES
FROM VIRTUAL TO VIOLENT: PRELIMINARY
CONCEPTUAL EXPLORATIONS OF RELIGIOUS
RADICALISATION IN YOUTH
Kumar Ramakrishna

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RADICALISATION IN PAKISTANI YOUTH
Muhammad Amir Rana

15

TERRORISM, MEDIA AND YOUTH
Ranga Kalansooriya

21

THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND YOUTH
RECRUITMENT: LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND
TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONS
Amparo

References: Ali, T. (2002). The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity. Aly, Waleed. (2007). Perspectives: Liquid Terror: The Dynamics of Homegrown Radicalisation April 4, 2011. http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Program_WestAsiaasap. Bush, G. W. (2001). Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People Cohen, A. (2005, February 18). Extraordinary Rendition. CBSNews.com. Jeremy A. Y. (2008, March 24). Detained: JI member who trained with AlQaeda. The Straits Times. Lia, B. (2005). Globalization and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions, Contemporary Security Studies Max, A. (2008). What Terrorists Really Want: Terrorist Motives and Counterterrorism Strategy Mitchell S. D. and Bhatt, A, (2007). Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat Muhammad, B. A. (2008, February). Countering the threat of selfradicalization. The Straits Times. Posner, R. A. (2006). Counterterrorism: Strategy and Structure; An Ounce of Prevention Ramakrishna, K. (2010, July). Self-Radicalisation and the Awlaki Connection. Ryan, J. (2007). The Four P-Words of Militant Islamist Radicalization and Recruitment Secretary. (2001, September 20). Sinai, J. (2007). “New Trends in Terrorism Studies: Strengths and Weaknesses”, chapter in Magnus Ranstorp (ed.), Mapping Terrorism Research: State of Release. (2007, June). Further Detentions, Releases & Issuance of Restriction Orders under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Singh, B. (2007). The Talibanization of Southeast Asia: Losing the War on Terror to Islamist Extremists Vasu, N and Chin, Y. (2008, February). Self-Radicalisation and National Security: New Threat, New Response Weimann, G. (2006). New Terrorism, New Media. Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, the New Challenges White Paper, The Internet as a Terrorist Tool for Recruitment and Radicalization of Youth, (2009) Wu, A, (2008). “Self-Radicalized” Terrorist: An Analysis of the Motivations and Implications for Singapore’s Domestic Security Australia He has co-edited two well-received books on counter-terrorism, The New Terrorism: Anatomy, Trends and Counter-Strategies (2002) as well as After Bali: The Threat of Terrorism in Southeast Asia (2004). He has also written two books entitled Emergency Propaganda: The Winning of Malayan Hearts and Minds, 1948-1958 (2002) and Radical Pathways: Understanding Muslim Radicalisation in Indonesia (2009)