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Author:   Roxanne L. Euben ,  Muhammad Qasim Zaman
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   35
Weight:   0.851kg
ISBN:  

9780691135878

ISBN 10:   0691135878
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   11 October 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780691135885
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Language:   English

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi Permissions xiii A Note on Transliteration, Spelling, and Other Conventions xvii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Part I: Islamism: An Emergent Worldview Chapter 2: Hasan al-Banna 49 Toward the Light 56 Chapter 3: Sayyid Abu'l-A'la Mawdudi 79 The Islamic Law 86 Chapter 4: Sayyid Abu'l-Hasan'Ali Nadwi 107 Muslim Decadence and Revival 112 Chapter 5: Sayyid Qutb 129 Signposts along the Road 136 In the Shade of the Qur'an 145 Part II: Remaking the Islamic State Chapter 6: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 155 Islamic Government 163 Chapter 7: Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr 181 The General Framework of the Islamic Economy 186 Chapter 8: Hasan al-Turabi 207 The Islamic State 213 Chapter 9: Yusuf al-Qaradawi 224 Islam and Democracy 230 Part III: Islamism and Gender Chapter 10: Murtaza Mutahhari 249 The Human Status of Woman in the Qur'an 254 Chapter 11: Zaynab al-Ghazali 275 An Islamist Activist 283 From Days of My Life, chapter 2 288 Chapter 12: Nadia Yassine 302 Modernity, Muslim Women, and Politics in the Mediterranean 311 Part IV: Violence, Action, and Jihad Chapter 13: Muhammad'Abd al-Salam Faraj 321 The Neglected Duty 327 Chapter 14: ?Umar'Abd al-Rahman 344 The Present Rulers and Islam: Are They Muslims or Not? 350 Chapter 15: Hamas 356 Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) of Palestine 364 Chapter 16: Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah 387 Islamic Unity and Political Change 394 September 11th, Terrorism, Islam, and the Intifada 403 Chapter 17: The Taliban 409 A New Layeha for the Mujahidin 415 An Interview with a Taliban Commander 418 Part V: Globalizing Jihad Chapter 18: Usama bin Laden 425 Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places 436 Chapter 19: Muhammad'Ata al-Sayyid 460 Final Instructions 466 Glossary 473 Bibliography 479 Index 501

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Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought presents representative writings of that radical minority of Muslims who reject political quietism, resist alien intrusions, and call for a divinely mandated state and society as set out in the Koran and as exemplified in the early Muslim community. Foreign Affairs

Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought presents representative writings of that radical minority of Muslims who reject political quietism, resist alien intrusions, and call for a divinely mandated state and society as set out in the Koran and as exemplified in the early Muslim community. -- Foreign Affairs

Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought presents representative writings of that radical minority of Muslims who reject political quietism, resist alien intrusions, and call for a divinely mandated state and society as set out in the Koran and as exemplified in the early Muslim community. -- Foreign Affairs

Author Information

Roxanne L. Euben is the Ralph Emerson and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. Muhammad Qasim Zaman is the Robert H. Niehaus '77 Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion at Princeton University.

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