Religious Gender Inequality and Terrorism

This book comprises three essays that employ a quantitative approach to analyze the policy implications of gender equality and religious attitudes as predictors of terrorism at the state level. The first essay explores the impact of gender equality, particularly women's political empowerment, on both domestic and transnational terrorism. The second essay delves into gender equality attitudes and actual outcomes across social, economic, and political spheres to measure their effect on terrorism. The third essay investigates the relationship between religiousness in a society and the incidents and lethality of terrorism. The overarching findings underscore the significance of gender equality attitudes and practices in shaping terrorism, with noteworthy implications for policy interventions. Additionally, the study identifies the association between religious attitudes and the lethality of terrorist attacks, emphasizing the importance of investing in women's rights programs, promoting religious tolerance, and providing social services as effective policy measures to address conditions fostering terrorism.