{"id":33869,"date":"2026-03-25T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/article\/the-grammar-of-sacred-violence-a-critical-discourse-analysis-of-radical-islamist-writings\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T19:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:41:36","slug":"the-grammar-of-sacred-violence-a-critical-discourse-analysis-of-radical-islamist-writings","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/en\/article\/the-grammar-of-sacred-violence-a-critical-discourse-analysis-of-radical-islamist-writings\/","title":{"rendered":"The grammar of sacred violence: A critical discourse analysis of radical Islamist writings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article offers a discursive analysis of two contemporary Islamist texts that present violence not as a deviation from religious normativity, but as its necessary, even redemptive expression. It examines <em>Da\u02bfwa al-muq\u0101wama al-isl\u0101miyya al-\u02bf\u0101lamiyya<\/em> (The Global Islamic Resistance Call) by Ab\u016b Mu\u1e63\u02bfab al-\u1e62\u016br\u012b (2004) and <em>De l&#8217;id\u00e9ologie islamique fran\u00e7aise<\/em> (On French Islamic Ideology) by A\u00efssam A\u00eft-Yahya (2015), two ideologically distinct yet rhetorically powerful works that articulate violence as an existential necessity. Although relatively unknown to the general public, al-\u1e62\u016br\u012b&#8217;s manifesto has become a foundational text in jihadist circles, serving as a discursive matrix to construct violence as both theologically sanctioned and strategically necessary. A\u00eft-Yahya&#8217;s essay, more elliptical and less widely circulated, plays a significant role in ideological polarization within French Muslim contexts. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, the article explores how sacred language, theological references, and affective strategies produce a grammar of legitimacy. From this perspective, radicalization is approached not as deviant behavior, but as a discursive production \u2014 embedded in language, affect, and symbolic economy \u2014 that constructs violence as morally imperative and theologically grounded. The article also examines how discursive structures may open potential breaches toward disengagement, by revealing the interpretive tensions at the heart of radical narratives. It argues that understanding religious violence requires not only sociopolitical analysis, but a close reading of how language constructs normative obligations, moral antagonisms, and sacred temporality.<\/p>\n<p><em>Violence: An International Journal<\/em>, 2026, Vol. 0(0) 1-25 \u2014 SAGE \/ Fondation Maison des Sciences de l&#8217;Homme, dir. Michel Wieviorka, Paola Rebughini.<\/p>\n<p>DOI: 10.1177\/26330024261433999<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/eprint\/WUXATJZ8GMMWEQNKQARV\/full\">Read the full article<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1177\/26330024261433999\">PDF version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13414,"template":"","class_list":["post-33869","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"date_tournage":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The grammar of sacred violence: A critical discourse analysis of radical Islamist writings - Pluriel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/en\/article\/the-grammar-of-sacred-violence-a-critical-discourse-analysis-of-radical-islamist-writings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The grammar of sacred violence: A critical discourse analysis of radical Islamist writings - Pluriel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article offers a discursive analysis of two contemporary Islamist texts that present violence not as a deviation from religious normativity, but as its necessary, even redemptive expression. 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