When the “ Lone Wolf ” Hid the Herd : Deconstructing a Security Myth
cancelled . In 2018 , jihadist detainees were placed in airtight quarters in remand prisons with a tightening of detention and surveillance conditions under the control of the Central Bureau of Prison Surveillance . As for the new evaluation grids for radicalization , they still neglect religious commitment .
Taking advantage of the time left by prison , jihadists deepen their knowledge of the Quran and hadith , study and read in prison to reflect on their commitment , following the model of all revolutionaries . As one jihadist inmate explained very well , future leaders and new doctrines will come out of the prison to change jihad , either violently or peacefully by insisting on the education of young children entrusted to non-contractual schools by re-Islamizing society . As Youssef , a jihadist released from prison , explains , “ if we manage to capture the heart of the Muslim community , then as we are all French , it will be either confrontation or communalization .” When we know that by 2022 , 150 persons imprisoned for Islamist terrorism will be freed ; we can imagine the challenge that the follow-up of these persons who will join the 270 terrorists already freed will represent .
The conclusion of the work of Hugo Micheron is a charge against the school of Olivier Roy . He thus calls for taking the interpretation of jihadism out of sociological analysis based on the socioeconomic and cultural marginalization of the French suburbs and privileging political-religious analyses . He spoke out against the notion of global jihadism , which ignores the modes of operation of small groups . “ Decontextualized , de-historicalized , jihadism is reduced to an abstract ‘ revolt ,’ a fashion that fascinates the unhealthy or fragile souls that the prison welcomes or fascinates within it .” These theories explain the failure of decision-makers to identify the jihadist phenomenon and to provide effective remedies . Hugo Micheron therefore calls for a return to field research to better define the jihadists . In other words , he asks that the disembodied and biased sociological analysis of the royalists be replaced by the historical-religious analysis of the Képéliens . If the war waged by the jihadists seems to be diminishing , that of their specialists is re-launched in an argumentative manner by the work of Hugo Micheron . At the university , the lone wolf also hides the herd .
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