War without end : the rise of Islamist terrorism and global response / Dilip Hiro
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002Edition: Revised editionDescription: xxxiv, 513 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415288010
- 9780415288019
- 0415288029
- 9780415288026
- 8174362444
- 9788174362445
- 320.55 21
- 956.04 21
- BP63.A35 H57 2002
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Books | Centeral Library First floor - Languages | 320.55 H. D. W 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 27905 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-490) and index
The rise of Islam: Sunnis and Shias -- Orthodox Islam and Sufism -- Islam in modern times -- The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and its offshoots -- Saudi Arabia: the oldest fundamentalist state -- Afghanistan: fundamentalism victorious, with American backing -- Bombing of US embassies: a wake-up call -- Eighty minutes that shook the world and global response -- Ongoing war against terror: an uncharted territory
After providing a brief history of Islam as a religion and as socio-political ideology, Dilip Hiro outlines the Islamist movements that have thrived in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan and their changing relationship with America
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