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War without end : the rise of Islamist terrorism and global response / Dilip Hiro

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002Edition: Revised editionDescription: xxxiv, 513 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415288010
  • 9780415288019
  • 0415288029
  • 9780415288026
  • 8174362444
  • 9788174362445
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.55 21
  • 956.04 21
LOC classification:
  • BP63.A35 H57 2002
Contents:
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
Summary: 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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Books 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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