The Ideological Basis of Terrorist Organizations, Forms and Methods of Ideological and Psychological Treatment of Militants and Civilians (On the Example of the «islamic State» and «al-Qaeda») T

Abstract

This study will examine the ideological foundations, and methods of recruitment, as well as a comparative analysis of two terrorist organizations – Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. Despite the actual collapse of the first and the significant weakening and decentralization of the second, both organizations are the largest, most powerful and known for their terrorist attacks around the world. Their «success» in committing terrorist attacks was largely due to the methods of recruiting new adherents and loyal supporters into their ranks.