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Legacy Of The Prophet: Despots, Democrats and the New Politics of Islam

By anthony , Shadid

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN
9780813340180, 0813340187, 9780786750214, 0786750219
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1074373 bytes)
Pages
353 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Democracy--Religious aspects--Islam;Islam;Islam--2

Description

Offers a controversial argument that the main currents of political Islam, despite recent world events, are rejecting militancy for the sake of democratic politics? a shift of historical importance.;Note on Transliterations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: A Question of Identity: From Afghanistan to Egypt, Islam as a Refuge in Troubled Times; 2: Intersections and Messages: Islam Interpreted and Reinterpreted; 3: The Hidden Duty: The Rise and Fall of Militant Islam in a War Without Borders; 4: God's Call: Behind a Backdrop of Violence, a Blend of Religion and Social Activism; 5: Faith and Fatherland: The Monopoly of God and Sudan's Experiment with Islam in Power; 6: Iran's Lesson: The Iranian Revolution and the Rebirth of Political Islam.

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