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“Can a mother’s love prove greater than the lure of extremists? A new coalition of parents in Europe hopes so” (Millar 2016 [np]).
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Ortbals, C.D., Poloni-Staudinger, L.M. (2018). Women in Social Movement Groups as Related to Terrorism. In: Gender and Political Violence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73628-0_6
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