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Religious Fundamentalism and Terrorism

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Abi-Hashem, N. (2014). Religious Fundamentalism and Terrorism. In: Leeming, D.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6086-2_9341

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