Understanding Religious Violence: Radicalism and Terrorism in Religion Explored via Six Case Studies

1. Introduction, by James Dingley and Marcello Mollica

2. Classical Social Theory and the Understanding of Contemporary Religious Terrorism, by James Dingley

3. Religious independence of Chinese Muslim East Turkestan "Uyghur" by Chiara Olivieri

4. Women's rights between civil and religious laws: the Lebanese law on protection of women and family members from domestic violence and the religious authorities' opposition, by Benedetta Pachetti

5. Geopolitical vector of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the context of national security, by Yevhen Kharkovshchenko and Bortnikova Olena

6. The Case of Northern Ireland, by James Dingley

7. Terror-driven Ethno-religious Waves: mapping determinants in refugees' choices escaping Iraq and Syria, by Marcello Mollica

8. Being Ezidi in the Middle East, by Çakir Ceyhan Suvari

9. Conclusion, by James Dingley and Marcello Mollica