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Factors That Influence How Sunni Muslims In Western Michigan Perceive Violence, Joyce Busch
Factors That Influence How Sunni Muslims In Western Michigan Perceive Violence, Joyce Busch
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Decisionmakers in organizations like the Department of Defense and the State Department rely on accurate information to develop strategies to engage foreign populations. There is gap in understanding how perceptions are formed in religious adherents, specifically understanding how Muslims determine if violence is an acceptable or unacceptable behavior. Informed by Hobföll's conservation of resources theory of stress, the purpose of this case study was to identify and understand the religious and secular factors that influenced a group of Sunni Muslims in Western Michigan to accept or reject violent behaviors. Research questions focused on how this population's perception of violence was …