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Why some Muslim clerics become jihadists

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office

November 9, 2017

Deadly Clerics book cover/Rich Nielsen

 MIT News feature article: Why some Muslim clerics become jihadists. In his new book, political scientist Richard Nielsen proposes a “blocked ambition” hypothesis.

 

photo: Stuart Darsch and Richard Nielsen

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