Irm Haleem holds a PhD in Political Science from Boston University. She has taught at Fisher College, Northeastern University and Seton Hall University. She is a visiting Lecturer at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Her published works have focused on political violence and Islamist extremism in South Asia and Central Asia. Her current research focuses on a conceptual and philosophical analysis of violence, as well as the narratives of the justifications of violence.

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• Introduction 1. Struggles for Recognition and Moral Consequentialism 2. Recognition through Violence 3. Self-Transcendent Recognition 4. Violence as Morality 5. Essence, Motivations and Flawed Policies. Conclusion: Nothing Islamic about Islamist Extremism. Appendices

Irm Haleem holds a PhD in Political Science from Boston University. She has taught at Fisher College, Northeastern University and Seton Hall University. She is a visiting Lecturer at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Her published works have focused on political violence and Islamist extremism in South Asia and Central Asia. Her current research focuses on a conceptual and philosophical analysis of violence, as well as the narratives of the justifications of violence.

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• Introduction 1. Struggles for Recognition and Moral Consequentialism 2. Recognition through Violence 3. Self-Transcendent Recognition 4. Violence as Morality 5. Essence, Motivations and Flawed Policies. Conclusion: Nothing Islamic about Islamist Extremism. Appendices

Irm Haleem holds a PhD in Political Science from Boston University. She has taught at Fisher College, Northeastern University and Seton Hall University. She is a visiting Lecturer at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Her published works have focused on political violence and Islamist extremism in South Asia and Central Asia. Her current research focuses on a conceptual and philosophical analysis of violence, as well as the narratives of the justifications of violence.

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• Introduction 1. Struggles for Recognition and Moral Consequentialism 2. Recognition through Violence 3. Self-Transcendent Recognition 4. Violence as Morality 5. Essence, Motivations and Flawed Policies. Conclusion: Nothing Islamic about Islamist Extremism. Appendices