This book analyses the roots and emergence of the new Islamic movements and the main thinkers that inspired them. The author considers issues like the effects of colonialism on Islam, Islam and violence and secularism and the Islamic reaction.
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"Since the Second World War, Islam and politics have combined to form a potent force known as Islamic fundamentalism. This force has, in recent years, grabbed the headlines as a new and grave threat to the West. Beverley Milton-Edwards analyses the roots and emergence of the new…
"Since the Second World War, Islam and politics have combined to form a potent force known as Islamic fundamentalism. This force has, in recent years, grabbed the headlines as a new and grave threat to the West. Beverley Milton-Edwards analyses the roots and emergence of the new…
In recent years Islamic fundamentalism has grabbed the headlines as a new and grave threat to the West. This text analyzes the roots and emergence of the new Islamic movements and the main thinkers that inspired them.
CIA veteran Scheuer examines the ongoing instability in Iraq and argues that the U.S has provided al Qaeda and its allies with the one thing they want most: a safe haven from which to launch operations across borders into countries that were previously difficult for them to reac…
Is Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalism win out in the Middle East, or will democracy ever be possible? In this now-classic book, Islamic sociologist Fatima Mernissi explores the ways in which progressive Muslims--defenders of democracy, feminists, and others try…
"Is Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalists win out in the Middle East? Islam and Democracy serves as a guide to the players - from feminists to fundamentalists - moving the pieces on the rather grim Muslim chessboard, and raises provocative questions about the pos…
From one of the world's foremost Islamic scholars, a revised edition of a classic and groundbreaking book on Islam.
Explores the question of whether Islam is compatible with democracy, and discusses the efforts of progressive Muslims to resist fundamentalism.
