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Jihad : the trail of political islam / Gilles Kepel ; translated by Anthony F. Roberts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : I.B. Tauris, 2006.Edition: New ed., reprDescription: xiii, 454 pages : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1845112571
  • 9781845112578
Uniform titles:
  • Jihad : expansion et déclin de l'islamisme. Español
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP 173.7 K38j 2006
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Expansion -- A Cultural Revolution -- Islam in the Late 1960s. Building Petro-Islam on the Ruins of Arab Nationalism -- Islamism in Egypt, Malaysia, and Pakistan -- Khomeini's Revolution and Its Legacy -- Jihad in Afghanistan and Intifada in Palestine -- Islamization in Algeria and the Sudan -- The Fatwa and the Veil in Europe -- Part I:I Decline -- From the Gulf War to the Taliban Jihad -- The Failure to Graft Jihad on Bosnia's Civil War -- The Logic of Massacre in the Second Algerian War -- The Threat of Terrorism in Egypt -- Osama bin Laden and the War against the West -- Hamas, Israel, Arafat, and Jordan -- The Forced Secularization of Turkish Islamists -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Maps -- Abbreviations.
Summary: World order has been rocked by an explosive, unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon: political Islam. This book reflects an attempt to follow the history and spread of this political-religious phenomenon. It offers an assessment of its past, its present, and where it might lead in the future.
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Publicado originalmente como Jihad : expansion et déclin de l'islamisme.

Introduction -- Part I: Expansion -- A Cultural Revolution -- Islam in the Late 1960s. Building Petro-Islam on the Ruins of Arab Nationalism -- Islamism in Egypt, Malaysia, and Pakistan -- Khomeini's Revolution and Its Legacy -- Jihad in Afghanistan and Intifada in Palestine -- Islamization in Algeria and the Sudan -- The Fatwa and the Veil in Europe -- Part I:I Decline -- From the Gulf War to the Taliban Jihad -- The Failure to Graft Jihad on Bosnia's Civil War -- The Logic of Massacre in the Second Algerian War -- The Threat of Terrorism in Egypt -- Osama bin Laden and the War against the West -- Hamas, Israel, Arafat, and Jordan -- The Forced Secularization of Turkish Islamists -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Maps -- Abbreviations.

World order has been rocked by an explosive, unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon: political Islam. This book reflects an attempt to follow the history and spread of this political-religious phenomenon. It offers an assessment of its past, its present, and where it might lead in the future.

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