The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to Al-Qaeda

By Joshua Sinai. 2009

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Fully Committed: Suicide Bombers' Motivation and the Quest for Personal Significance (2009, background): “As Post (2006) put it in reference to Islamist terrorism, “This will require active leadership by moderate Muslim clerics and . . . political leaders countering the extremists in their midst” (p. 15).”
The Psychology of Radicalization and Deradicalization: How Significance Quest Impacts Violent Extremism (2014, background): “A different example of the opportunity for significance gain is what Post (2006) has called the " breeding in the bone " of suicide bombers; this concept refers to the inculcation in children in kindergartens, summer camps of the Palestinian Hamas, or in the " Imam al-Mahdi scouts " of the Lebanese…”
Psychological factors in terrorism and counterterrorism: Individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis. (2009, background): “Hezbollah’s Imam al Mahdi Scouts, 8–16 years old and numbering in the tens of thousands are “bred in the bone” (Post, 2006) to view martyrdom as their way of gaining vast societal significance by becoming venerated martyrs and heroes worshiped in their society, as are children in Hamas…”