L’Islam radicale nelle carceri italiane e il “jihadismo autocritico” di Jawad Said

Abstract

In the Italian language, the words “jihādism” and “jihād” are often used as synonymous and associated with the phenomenon of radicalization of detainees in the prison system. This article tries to unpack this common association of ideas and outline some significative differences between the meanings of those notions in the Islamic legal and political tradition. Moreover, taking into account the proposal of a contemporary Muslim thinker – Jawdat Said – about a “Self-Critical Jihadism” in the pluralistic society, this Article tries to outline new ways of inspiring ‘de-radicalization’ processes in the Italian prison system at the present day by means of the Islamic education itself.