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Author Ali, Tariq.

Title The clash of fundamentalisms : crusades, jihads and modernity / Tariq Ali
Edition Paperback edition
Published London : Verso, 2003
London ; New York : Verso, 2003
©2003

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Description xxxii, 428 pages : map ; 21 cm
Contents Introduction to the paperback edition -- Prologue -- Mullahs and heretics An atheist childhood The origins of Islam The empire of the world Jerusalem, Jerusalem Ottomanism The joys of heresy Women versus the eternal masculine -- One hundred years of servitude A spring memory The roots of Wahhabism The kingdom of corruption Zionism, the first oil war, resistance Marginal notes on the chapter of defeats The anti-imperialism of fools An ocean of terror -- The nuclear wastelands of South Asia The case of Anwar Shaikh Plain tales from Pakistan Afghanistan : between hammer and anvil The story of Kashmir The colour khaki -- A clash of fundamentalisms A short-course history of US imperialism September surprise Letter to a young Muslim -- Epilogue : the road to Bali A small town in Java Islam on the equator A tropical gulag An island made secure -- Appendix: On the Israeli-Arab war / Isaac Deutscher
Notes Originally published: 2002
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Islam and world politics.
Islam -- 20th century.
Fundamentalism.
Islamic fundamentalism.
World politics -- 20th century.
SUBJECT Islamic countries -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008124180
Bali (Indonesia : Province) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80015517 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Genre/Form History.
LC no. 00002461
ISBN 185984457X (paperback)
9781859844571 (paperback)
Other Titles Crusades, jihads and modernity