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The philosophical and organisational structure of ideological violence.
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EPIC-PP-2026-002 · Extremism & Political Islam · 20 October 2026

Lethal Certainty: A Philosophy of Extremism Without Religion

Public debate about terrorism keeps asking which religion is to blame. This article argues that the question is badly posed. Terrorism is better explained by a structure of belief called lethal certainty: certainty that has…

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Arabic · Research paper
EPIC-PP-2026-013 · Extremism & Political Islam · 20 October 2026

من الفكرة إلى التنظيم: في فلسفة الإرهاب وتحوّلات العنف المؤدلج من «رسالة التعاليم» إلى «إدارة التوحش»

يدرس هذا البحث الإرهاب المؤدلج لا بوصفه انفجارًا مفاجئًا للعنف، بل بوصفه حصيلة بناء فكري وتنظيمي متدرّج تُصاغ فيه الطاعة قبل أن تُصاغ البندقية. وينطلق من سؤال فلسفي محدد: كيف تتحول فكرة دينية-سياسية إلى ترخيص أخلاقي بالقتل، ثم…

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Flagship research
EPIC-PP-2026-014 · Extremism & Political Islam · 20 October 2026

Entryism by Due Process: The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and the Self-Defence of Democratic Institutions

The Muslim Brotherhood presents European democracies with a problem their constitutional traditions were not built to solve. Founded in Egypt in 1928 as a political project, it has operated in Europe for decades through…

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