Roy traces radicalization to individual trajectories and societal conditions, not religion

Evidence

Olivier Roy, a prominent French intellectual and critic of counter-radicalization theory and programs as they stand today, argues that “radicalization seems more linked to individual trajectories” than collective religious behavior. Roy recommends that CVE strategy focus more on individual subjects and the societal conditions that give rise to radicalization, rather than on religious doctrine or religious groups at large. Societal symptoms include systemic poverty, declining education, disaffection, and hostility toward Muslims in the form of structural and private Islamophobia that isolates Muslim Americans and feeds into the propaganda of terror networks like ISIS. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 383

Categorization

• XREF: Roy offers an external theoretical counterpoint to the CVE logic Beydoun indicts; a useful foil for the guiding questions. — connects to: Radicalization is theorized as an exclusively Muslim phenomenon — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 377; Radicalization theory targets Muslims who have committed no crime — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 379; American radicalization is driven by psychology and emotion, not material deprivation — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 151 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 383

Broader Connections

• Radicalization theory targets Muslims who have committed no crime #complicates (0.65) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 379