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Author | : David Cook |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2005-05-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520244486 |
Download Understanding Jihad Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Jihad is one of the most loaded and misunderstood terms in the news today. Contrary to popular understanding, the term does not mean "holy war." Nor does it simply refer to the inner spiritual struggle. This book, judiciously balanced, accessibly written, and highly relevant to today's events, unravels the tangled historical, intellectual, and political meanings of jihad. Looking closely at a range of sources from sacred Islamic texts to modern interpretations, [This book] opens a critically important perspective on the role of Islam in the contemporary world. [The author] also describes some of the conflicts that occur in radical groups and shows how the more mainstream supporters of these groups have come to understand and justify violence.-Back cover.
Author | : Glenn E Robinson |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2020-11-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1503614107 |
Download Global Jihad Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“A tour de force on the evolution of jihadism. . . . essential reading.” ―Mehran Kamrava, author of Inside the Arab State Most violent jihadi movements in the twentieth century focused on removing corrupt, repressive secular regimes throughout the Muslim world. But following the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, a new form of jihadism emerged—global jihad—turning to the international arena as the primary locus of ideology and action. With this book, Glenn E. Robinson develops a compelling and provocative argument about this violent political movement's evolution. Global Jihad tells the story of four distinct jihadi waves, each with its own program for achieving a global end: whether a Jihadi International to liberate Muslim lands from foreign occupation; al-Qa’ida’s call to drive the United States out of the Muslim world; ISIS using “jihadi cool” to recruit followers; or leaderless efforts of stochastic terror to “keep the dream alive.” Robinson connects the rise of global jihad to other “movements of rage” such as the Nazi Brownshirts, White supremacists, Khmer Rouge, and Boko Haram. Ultimately, he shows that while global jihad has posed a low strategic threat, it has instigated an outsized reaction from the United States and other Western nations. “[A] remarkably comprehensive account.” —Foreign Affairs
Author | : John L. Esposito |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195168860 |
Download Unholy War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Of the intellectual underpinnings of the more radical elements of contemporary Islam.
Author | : Michael Bonner |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2008-07-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1400827388 |
Download Jihad in Islamic History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
What is jihad? Does it mean violence, as many non-Muslims assume? Or does it mean peace, as some Muslims insist? Because jihad is closely associated with the early spread of Islam, today's debate about the origin and meaning of jihad is nothing less than a struggle over Islam itself. In Jihad in Islamic History, Michael Bonner provides the first study in English that focuses on the early history of jihad, shedding much-needed light on the most recent controversies over jihad. To some, jihad is the essence of radical Islamist ideology, a synonym for terrorism, and even proof of Islam's innate violence. To others, jihad means a peaceful, individual, and internal spiritual striving. Bonner, however, shows that those who argue that jihad means only violence or only peace are both wrong. Jihad is a complex set of doctrines and practices that have changed over time and continue to evolve today. The Quran's messages about fighting and jihad are inseparable from its requirements of generosity and care for the poor. Jihad has often been a constructive and creative force, the key to building new Islamic societies and states. Jihad has regulated relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, in peace as well as in war. And while today's "jihadists" are in some ways following the "classical" jihad tradition, they have in other ways completely broken with it. Written for general readers who want to understand jihad and its controversies, Jihad in Islamic History will also interest specialists because of its original arguments.
Author | : Olivier Roy |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Islamic fundamentalism |
ISBN | : 1849046980 |
Download Jihad and Death Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Islamic State has replaced Al Qaeda as the great global threat of the twenty-first century, the bogeyman we have all come to fear. But Daesh started as a local movement, rooted in the resentment of the Sunni Arabs of Iraq and Syria. It is they who have lost most in the geo-strategic shift in the balance of power in the region over the last thirty years, as Iranian-backed Shias have mobilised politically and advanced on the social and economic fronts. How has Islamic State been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and to attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? In this compelling intervention into the debate about Islamic State's origins and future prospects, the renowned French sociologist of religion, Olivier Roy, argues that the group mobilised a highly sophisticated narrative, reviving the myth of the Caliphate and recasting it into a modern story of heroism, death and nihilism, using a very contemporary aesthetic of violence, well entrenched amid a youth culture that has turned global and violent.
Author | : Maher Hathout |
Publisher | : Dawn Books Llc |
Total Pages | : 77 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781881504542 |
Download Jihad Vs. Terrorism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : William Roe Polk |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 651 |
Release | : 2018-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300222904 |
Download Crusade and Jihad Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Encompasses the entire history of the catastrophic encounter between the Global North--China, Russia, Europe, Britain, and America--and Muslim societies from Central Asia to West Africa, explaining the deep hostilities between them and how they grew over the centuries. --Adapted from publisher description.
Author | : Diego Gambetta |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2017-11-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1400888123 |
Download Engineers of Jihad Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A groundbreaking investigation into why so many Islamic radicals are engineers The violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In Engineers of Jihad, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog uncover two unexpected facts, which they imaginatively leverage to narrow that gap: they find that a disproportionate share of Islamist radicals come from an engineering background, and that Islamist and right-wing extremism have more in common than either does with left-wing extremism, in which engineers are absent while social scientists and humanities students are prominent. Searching for an explanation, they tackle four general questions about extremism: Under which socioeconomic conditions do people join extremist groups? Does the profile of extremists reflect how they self-select into extremism or how groups recruit them? Does ideology matter in sorting who joins which group? Lastly, is there a mindset susceptible to certain types of extremism? Using rigorous methods and several new datasets, they explain the link between educational discipline and type of radicalism by looking at two key factors: the social mobility (or lack thereof) for engineers in the Muslim world, and a particular mindset seeking order and hierarchy that is found more frequently among engineers. Engineers' presence in some extremist groups and not others, the authors argue, is a proxy for individual traits that may account for the much larger question of selective recruitment to radical activism. Opening up markedly new perspectives on the motivations of political violence, Engineers of Jihad yields unexpected answers about the nature and emergence of extremism.
Author | : Steven Emerson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2003-02-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0743477502 |
Download American Jihad Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Leading the second wave of post 9/11 terrorist books, American Jihad reveals that America is rampant with Islamic terrorist networks and sleeper cells and Emerson, the expert on them, explains just how close they are to each of us.
Author | : Fawaz A. Gerges |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2009-04-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521519357 |
Download The Far Enemy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This edition shows that not only have the jihadists split ranks, but those who previously supported al Qaeda are condemning its tactics.