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Political Islam, world politics and Europe : democratic peace and Euro-Islam versus global jihad / Bassam Tibi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008Description: xxii, 311 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415437806
  • 9780415437806
  • 0415437814
  • 9780415437813
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.557094 22
LOC classification:
  • BP173.7 .T563 2008
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. The Conflict within Islamic Civilization between Jihad and Democracy and its Pertinence to World Politics and to the Islam-Diaspora in Europe -- 1. From Classical Jihad to Global Jihadism in an Invention of Tradition for Mapping the World into Dar Al-Islam -- 2. Polity and Rule -- Part 2. Political Islam in World Politics -- 3. The World-Political Sunni-Fallacy -- 4. The Shi'i Option -- Part 3. Europe as a Battlefield for the Competing Options: Islamization /Europeanization -- 5. Political Islam and Europe in the 21st Century -- 6. The European Diaspora of Muslim Migrants and the Idea of Europe.
Summary: "This book is concerned with political Islam and in particular the global challenges posed by Islamists and Jihadists. There is special emphasis on the philosophical and political conflict in Europe between an Islamist agenda and democratic values. Bassam Tibi makes clear that the problem is not Islam as a religion, but its politicization as a belief system.Political Islam, World Politics and Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East politics, Political Islam, and politics and international relations."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-287) and index.

Introduction -- Part 1. The Conflict within Islamic Civilization between Jihad and Democracy and its Pertinence to World Politics and to the Islam-Diaspora in Europe -- 1. From Classical Jihad to Global Jihadism in an Invention of Tradition for Mapping the World into Dar Al-Islam -- 2. Polity and Rule -- Part 2. Political Islam in World Politics -- 3. The World-Political Sunni-Fallacy -- 4. The Shi'i Option -- Part 3. Europe as a Battlefield for the Competing Options: Islamization /Europeanization -- 5. Political Islam and Europe in the 21st Century -- 6. The European Diaspora of Muslim Migrants and the Idea of Europe.

"This book is concerned with political Islam and in particular the global challenges posed by Islamists and Jihadists. There is special emphasis on the philosophical and political conflict in Europe between an Islamist agenda and democratic values. Bassam Tibi makes clear that the problem is not Islam as a religion, but its politicization as a belief system.Political Islam, World Politics and Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East politics, Political Islam, and politics and international relations."--Publisher description.

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