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“They Are Khawārij of Our Time:” Relying on Background Knowledge and Long-Term Memory to Justify Fighting ISIS in Jordanian Political Discourse Cover

“They Are Khawārij of Our Time:” Relying on Background Knowledge and Long-Term Memory to Justify Fighting ISIS in Jordanian Political Discourse

By: Ahmad El-Sharif  
Open Access
|Apr 2022

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Language: English
Page range: 71 - 93
Published on: Apr 1, 2022
Published by: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
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