Croft, Stuart (2009) Religion and foreign policy. Renewal, Vol.17 (No.1). pp. 15-21.

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Abstract

Religion has become (again) a recognisable significant factor in many aspects of international politics. Any consideration of its role inevitably raises in the mind of the British reader the current threat of terrorism from ‘Al Qaida and related terrorist groups’ as MI5 puts it (1). For reasons that I will return to later, this ‘international terrorism’ is not labelled as being in any sense related to, or derived from Islam officially in the British language – MI5 describes the threat as being not even from readings of Islam, but rather from ‘Al Qaeda’s ideology’ (2). But all recognise this terrorist threat as being related in some form to religion. The attacks on New York and Washington, Bali, Istanbul, London, Madrid – have all brought into sharp relief the mobilising effect of religion. But religion is not only important in the twenty-first century because of those terrorist acts and threats.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Great Britain. MI5, Qaida (Organization), Religion and politics, Terrorism -- Religious aspects, Religion and sociology, International relations -- 21st century
Journal or Publication Title:	Renewal
Publisher:	Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
ISSN:	0968-252X
Official Date:	January 2009
Dates:	Date Event January 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.17
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 15-21
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access

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