Write a comparative analysis of the radicalisation, disengagement and, if applicable, deradicalisation processes undergone by individuals operating within and outside of terrorist groups.

Radicalisation, Counter-radicalisation and Deradicalisation

Choose one individual from List A (group-affiliated terrorists) and one individual from List B to write about.

* If you chose a Salafi-jihadist terrorist from List A, please choose an individual engaged in another form of terrorism from List B.

Choose one individual from this list

List A

• Richard Reid (Al Qaeda)

• Ayub Abdurrahman (Jemaah Islamiyah)

• Patrick Magee (Provisional IRA)

• Robert Byrd (Ku Klux Klan)

And choose one individual from this list

List B

• Elliot Rodger (Isla Vista Massacre)

• Anders Breivik (Norway attacks)

• Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma City bombing)

• Mohammed Bouyeri (murder of Theo van Gough)

In this Assignment you will compare and contrast the radicalisation, disengagement and (where applicable) deradicalisation processes of two individuals. One (from ‘List A’) will have been engaged in a terrorist group while the other (from ‘List B’) acted alone.