An accessible and comprehensive account of the global dimensions of political Islam in the twenty-first century, explaining political Islam, nationalism and globalization and providing a detailed account of Al Qaeda.
A lucid, comprehensive examination of the true relationship between Islam and global politics
Taken together, these essays provide readers with an illuminating and in-depth overview of the state of political Islam today.
This book examines the claim of those Islamists who contend that, as a belief system and a way of life, Islam carries with it a theory of politics and the state which should be applied unquestioningly.
The recent resurgence of Islam in the Middle East is a far more complex phenomenon than is often suggested by those analyses which reduce recent developments in the area to no more than an intensification of religiosity.
The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics, with contributions from prominent scholars and specialists, provides a comprehensive analysis of what we know and where we are in the study of political Islam.
As the author of this book argues, one result of this interest has been the development of a view of Islam as monolithic and implacable.
Maren, K., Resistance, Power, and Conceptions of Political Order in Islamist Organizations: Comparing Hezbollah and Hamas, London: Routledge, 2018. Masoud, T., Counting Islam: Religion, Class, and Elections in Egypt, New York: Cambridge ...
Provides the historical background and context necessary for understanding the politics in Moslem countries and the role of Islam in them. The second edition was in 1988; the first in...
For the Muslim the foundation from which all discussion of government starts is the law of God, the shar?‘a.