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Psychological Effects of the Threat of ISIS: A Preliminary Inquiry of Singapore Case Studies

Psychological Effects of the Threat of ISIS: A Preliminary Inquiry of Singapore Case Studies

Weiying Hu
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781522501565|ISBN10: 1522501568|EISBN13: 9781522501572
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0156-5.ch009
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Hu, Weiying. "Psychological Effects of the Threat of ISIS: A Preliminary Inquiry of Singapore Case Studies." Combating Violent Extremism and Radicalization in the Digital Era, edited by Majeed Khader, et al., IGI Global, 2016, pp. 168-173. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0156-5.ch009

APA

Hu, W. (2016). Psychological Effects of the Threat of ISIS: A Preliminary Inquiry of Singapore Case Studies. In M. Khader, L. Neo, G. Ong, E. Mingyi, & J. Chin (Eds.), Combating Violent Extremism and Radicalization in the Digital Era (pp. 168-173). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0156-5.ch009

Chicago

Hu, Weiying. "Psychological Effects of the Threat of ISIS: A Preliminary Inquiry of Singapore Case Studies." In Combating Violent Extremism and Radicalization in the Digital Era, edited by Majeed Khader, et al., 168-173. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0156-5.ch009

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Abstract

The threat of violent extremism has been considerably influenced by the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), its inhumane brutal killings in Iraq and Syria, and exploitation of social media to recruit large numbers of foreign fighters in a scale never seen before. This development has serious implications for Singapore's security landscape. This aggressive promotion of fighting in Syria has resonated with a handful of Singaporeans, who were radicalised by radical online propaganda. In this psychological study of the Singapore cases, there are five psychological drivers that have contributed to the radicalisation process of these cases. They are: (1) justifying violence, (2) romanticising the notion of a utopian state, (3) desire to be a ‘good' Muslim, (4) escaping the ‘unbearable present' world, and (5) existential anxiety in relation to End Times prophecies. The preliminary findings further indicate that most of these radicalised individuals have engaged in negative activism.

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