The Non-radicalisation of Muslims in Southern Europe: Migration and Integration in Italy, Greece, and Spain

The Alwaleed Centre is delighted to be hosting Dr TIna Magazzini to discuss her new co-authored book 'The Non-radicalisation of Muslims in Southern Europe: Migration and Integration in Italy, Greece, and Spain' published by Springer.

This open access book explains why southern European countries with significant Muslim communities have experienced few religiously inspired violent attacks – or have avoided the kind of securitised response to such attacks seen in many other Western states. The authors provide a unique contribution to the literature on violent extremism – which has traditionally focused on countries such as France, the US and the UK – by studying the causes of relatively low rates of radicalisation in Greece, Italy and Spain.

The book explores many of the dynamics between (non) radicalisation and issues such as socioeconomic inequality, experiences of conflict, and systemic racism and other forms of discrimination. It establishes a new analytical framework for the development of, and resilience against, violent radicalisation in the region and beyond.

To access the book online for free, click HERE.

Dr Tina Magazzini

Tina Magazzini is a Senior Researcher Fellow in the Department of Mobility and Migration at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on the tension between redistribution, recognition and representation, and how categories of inclusion/exclusion are created and maintained across different settings in a comparative perspective. Her research interests include comparative and mixed methodologies, migration and integration policies, identity politics and the relationship between majorities, minorities and states. She has carried out a wide range of consultancy and policy work for NGOs, UN agencies, the European Commission and the Council of Europe on ethnic, linguistic and religious minority rights.