Published in association with the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies in Sri
Lanka, this study identifies that the term "radicalization" has often been used
pejoratively when talking about security. The contemporary radicalization
discourse unfurls against tensions and negotiations between the nations in terms
of counter-terrorism and national security needs. A major dilemma at the heart
of this discourse is the fundamental gap between radicalization as a cause of
terrorism and the actual acts signified by the term radicalization. This study
shows that radicalization does not appear to be a necessary condition for
terrorism, and a discussion on South Asian Islam and Hinduism reveals a complex
set of relations