Pierre Vogel’s and Bilal Philips’s Criticisms of Jihadism
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In 2016, the Islamic State (IS) called upon its supporters to kill two of the most influential Western Salafi preachers, Pierre Vogel from Germany and Bilal Philips from Canada, for apostasy. This article investigates how Vogel and Philips have criticised Jihadism, changes in their criticism over time, and their responses to the allegations launched against them by IS. Furthermore, it illustrates why it is difficult to classify Vogel and Philips according to the influential categorisation of Salafism put forward by Quintan Wiktorowicz.
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Pierre Vogel’s and Bilal Philips’s Criticisms of Jihadism
In: Journal of Muslims in EuropeSearch for other papers by Clemens Holzgruber in
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Google Scholar
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Abstract
In 2016, the Islamic State (IS) called upon its supporters to kill two of the most influential Western Salafi preachers, Pierre Vogel from Germany and Bilal Philips from Canada, for apostasy. This article investigates how Vogel and Philips have criticised Jihadism, changes in their criticism over time, and their responses to the allegations launched against them by IS. Furthermore, it illustrates why it is difficult to classify Vogel and Philips according to the influential categorisation of Salafism put forward by Quintan Wiktorowicz.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 1433 | 147 | 12 |
| Full Text Views | 54 | 1 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 87 | 5 | 1 |