Islamist terrorism and the related Islamist radicalisation have become very serious national and international security threats in Europe and around the world. Islamist radicalisation towards extreme violence and terrorism takes place locally in many conflict areas of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and in European ethnically and religiously mixed cities. This process is led and stimulated by the global Jihadi idea of establishing an Islamic religious state or caliphate. This paper aims to explain the process of Islamist radicalisation at the conceptual level, presents the idea of Jihad, the related misuse of Islamic religious principles, and empirically explores the related propaganda process, especially the use of social media and the magazine Inspire to attract and mobilise potential terrorists. The paper argues that the basic fight in the radicalisation story is the fight for the hearts and minds of the population. Finally, the paper proposes some ideas of how to fight Islamist radicalisation in public schools.
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