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Terrorism and Religion
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Critical Studies on Terrorism
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What 's so ‘religious’ about ‘religious terrorism’?
Jeroen Gunning & Richard Jackson a a b

School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, Durham, UK b Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK Version of record first published: 16 Dec 2011.

To cite this article: Jeroen Gunning & Richard Jackson (2011): What 's so ‘religious’ about ‘religious terrorism’?, Critical Studies on Terrorism, 4:3, 369-388 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2011.623405

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Critical Studies on Terrorism Vol. 4, No. 3, December 2011, 369–388

ARTICLE What’s so ‘religious’ about ‘religious terrorism’?
Jeroen Gunninga,* and Richard Jacksonb a School



References: J. Gunning and R. Jackson Euben, R., 1999 387 Lesser, I., et al., 1999

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