‘Faced with death, even a mouse bites’: Social and religious motivations behind terrorism in Chechnya

Matthew Janeczko

Small Wars and Insurgencies, 2014, vol. 25, issue 2, 428-456

Abstract: This article analyzes the motivations behind individuals who chose to adopt terrorist methods in the Chechen conflicts of the late 1990s and early 2000s. While the seemingly obvious motivation in joining in a ‘religious’ war of jihad would be a strong belief in that religion, the reality is more complicated. The motivations behind these individuals were not only religious, but cultural, social, and political. This indicates that while the methods and ideological rhetoric adopted by Chechen terrorists prove similar to methods adopted by terrorists across the world, the fundamental causes and drive behind these terrorists are actually quite distinct and unique from others.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2014.903975

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