Religion, Radicalisation and Terror

In conjunction with the United Nations Association Wales and the Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Contemporary Political Violence (CSRV is housed in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University), the DDMI organised a one day conference on Religion, Radicalisation and Terror at Aberystwyth University on Saturday 26th November 2005.

The conference, which was opened by Professor Noel Lloyd, Vice-Chancellor of the University, brought together expert speakers who spoke on 'Spiritualising imperatives in the construction of religious terrorism' (Professor Ian Reader, University of Lancaster); 'Faith in the city: religious and secular traditions of collaborating to limit the appeal and impact of radical Islam: Bradford a case study' (Dr Philip Lewis, Bradford University); 'Engaging with Extremists? Democratic discourse and de-radicalisation' (Dr Maleiha Malik, King's College) - this paper is published in the March 2008 issue of International Relations (Vol. 22, 85-104); 'Psychological, Behavioural and Ideological Issues in the Radicalisation and Development of the Terrorist' (Dr John Horgan; University of St Andrews) and 'Religion and Political Violence: A re-examination of the Northern Ireland case ' (Dr Marie Breen Smyth, Aberystwyth University).