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OverviewFormerly one of the largest and most militant Islamic organizations in the Middle East, Egypt’s al-Gama‘ah al-Islamiyah is believed to have played an instrumental role in numerous acts of global terrorism, including the assassination of President Anwar Sadat and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In later years, however, the organization issued a surprising renunciation of violence, repudiating its former ideology and replacing it with a shari‘ah-based understanding and assessment of the purpose and proper application of jihad. This key manifesto of modern Islamist thought is now available to an English-speaking audience in an eminently readable translation by noted Islamic scholar Sherman A. Jackson. Unlike other Western and Muslim critiques of violent extremism, this important work emerges from within the movement of Middle Eastern Islamic activism, both challenging and enriching prevailing notions about the role of Islamists in fighting the scourge of extremist politics, blind anti-Westernism, and, alas, wayward jihad. Full Product DetailsAuthor: al-Gama'ah al-Islamiyah , Sherman JacksonPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780300196771ISBN 10: 0300196776 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 26 February 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsThis much-needed translation of original documents offers superb evidence that the proclivity of the Islamic tradition with violence is not the main reason for radical Islam. --Jocelyne Cesari, Senior Research Fellow at the Berkley Center for Peace, Religion and World Affairs at Georgetown University and Director of the Islam in the West Program at Harvard University This much-needed translation of original documents offers superb evidence that the proclivity of the Islamic tradition with violence is not the main reason for radical Islam. --Jocelyne Cesari, Senior Research Fellow at the Berkley Center for Peace, Religion and World Affairs at Georgetown University and Director of the Islam in the West Program at Harvard University -- Jocelyne Cesari Author InformationSherman A. Jackson holds the King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and is professor of religion and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |