Modern Islamist Movements
History, Religion, and Politics
Seiten
2011
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-1742-5 (ISBN)
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-1742-5 (ISBN)
Modern Islamist Movements provides a clear and accessible examination of the history, beliefs and rationale of Islamist Groups and their grievances with the West and governments within the majority-Muslim world, while examining some of these groups' visions for a global Islamic empire.
A clear and accessible text that examines the history, beliefs and rationale for violence emerging from Islamist movements, while examining some of these groups' visions for a global Islamic empire
Examines Islamist grievances against the West and modern governments in the majority Muslim world, while providing an overview of Islam's relations with the West from the period of the Crusades to the modern age
Discusses the historic development of Islamism in Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Explains classic Islamic understandings of jihad and Bin Laden's, al-Qaida's, and other Islamists interpretations of this concept
Offers an historical account of the formative relationship between al-Qaida, other Islamists, and Islamic intellectual trends beginning in the eighteenth century
Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as interested general readers
A clear and accessible text that examines the history, beliefs and rationale for violence emerging from Islamist movements, while examining some of these groups' visions for a global Islamic empire
Examines Islamist grievances against the West and modern governments in the majority Muslim world, while providing an overview of Islam's relations with the West from the period of the Crusades to the modern age
Discusses the historic development of Islamism in Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Explains classic Islamic understandings of jihad and Bin Laden's, al-Qaida's, and other Islamists interpretations of this concept
Offers an historical account of the formative relationship between al-Qaida, other Islamists, and Islamic intellectual trends beginning in the eighteenth century
Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as interested general readers
Jon Armajani is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota. He is the author of Dynamic Islam: Liberal Muslim Perspectives in a Transnational Age (2004) and, with James E. Lindsay, co-editor of and contributor to Historical Dimensions of Islam: Pre-Modern and Modern Periods; Essays in Honor of R. Stephen Humphreys (2009). He has also made contributions to scholarly journals and encyclopedias in Islamic Studies and Religious Studies.
List of Maps viii
Acknowledgments ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Egypt 37
3 The West Bank, Gaza, and Israel 85
4 Saudi Arabia 122
5 Pakistan 164
6 Afghanistan 188
7 Conclusion 218
Index 221
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.11.2011 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 319 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4051-1742-7 / 1405117427 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-1742-5 / 9781405117425 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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