Müslüman nüfusu yoğun olan ülkelerdeki İslamcı terörün tasvip edilme derecesini etkileyen yapısal unsurlar

This thesis focuses on public approval of Islamist terror- driven by Wahhabis ideology- in predominantly Muslim countries. Taking Islamist terror as a concern in security discussion, the thesis argues that fighting terrorism is different from fighting terrorists and in order to overcome the threat the structural dynamics should be aimed at by counterterrorism policies. Counterterrorism policies should identify the structural factors leading to the creation of the milieu morally not opposing but approving Islamist terror.In the thesis the factors that are more likely to increase the level of approval of Islamist terror in predominantly Muslim countries are identified from two literatures: Political Islam and Terrorism. 12 Structural factors that have been considered to be more likely to explain Islamist terror and its approval in predominantly Muslim countries are discussed and analyzed in 9 predominantly Muslim countries: Turkey, Uzbekistan, Mali, Lebanon, Jordan, Pakistan, Senegal, Bangladesh and Indonesia.The information on the 9 cases indicates that none of the structural factors account for the variance in approval of Islamist terror across 9 cases. Instead, some factors show consistency with the change in the level of approval of Islamist terror in some certain country groups in the sample of 9 Muslim countries with majority Muslim population.