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Author Armajani, Jon, author.

Title Modern Islamist movements : history, religion, and politics / Jon Armajani
Published Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages) : maps
Contents Introduction -- Egypt -- The West Bank, Gaza, and Israel -- Saudi Arabia -- Pakistan -- Afghanistan -- Conclusion -- Endnotes
Summary "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."--Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam and politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- General.
Islam and politics
Islamic fundamentalism
Fundamentalismus
Islam
Naher Osten
Südasien
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781444344363
1444344366