Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity

In the author's view, Al-Qaeda represents a new way of organizing Muslim belief and practice within a global landscape and does not require ideological or institutional unity. Offering a compelling explanation for the central purpose of Al-Qaeda's jihad against the West, the meaning of its...

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Main Author: Devji, Faisal (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press [2005]
Series:Crises in World Politics
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Online Access:DE-859
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Summary:In the author's view, Al-Qaeda represents a new way of organizing Muslim belief and practice within a global landscape and does not require ideological or institutional unity. Offering a compelling explanation for the central purpose of Al-Qaeda's jihad against the West, the meaning of its strategies and tactics, and its moral and aesthetic dimensions, Landscapes of the Jihad is at once a sophisticated work of historical and cultural analysis and an invaluable guide to the world's most prominent terrorist movement
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed May. 17, 2017)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780801459788
DOI:10.7591/9780801459788

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