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OverviewJihadi ideologues mobilize Muslims, especially young Muslims, through an individualist-centered interpretation of Islam. Appealing to a classical defense doctrine, they argue that the mandates of jihad are the individual duty of every Muslim and therefore transcend and undermine both the authority of the state and the power of parental control. Yet emphasizing the duty and right of individually initiated jihad is only one side of do-it-yourself Islam. The other involves protecting the purity of doctrinal beliefs against deviation, even by fellow jihadis. The pursuit of doctrinal purity has led some jihadis to resort to takfir, a pronouncement that declares fellow Muslims unbelievers and makes it legal to shed their blood. Set against the background of the Kharijites, Islam's first counterestablishment movement, this book explores the religious philosophy underlying jihadism, arguing that because the Kharijites' idealistic and individualistic ideology forces members to deploy takfir against one another, they are in fact hastening their extinction as a group. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nelly LahoudPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780231701808ISBN 10: 0231701802 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 15 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsEssential reading to anyone involved in making foreign policy in the Middle East, including counter-terrorism policy. -- Jack Kalpakian Digest of Middle East Studies Vol 20, No 2 [A] well-written, well-documented and extremely informative work. -- Andrew Rippin Studies in Relgion Vol 40, No 1 The Jihadis' Path to Self-Destruction is a valuable addition to the academic literature on jihadi intellectual thought. The book should be added to every university syllabus that teaches about the global jihadi phenomenon. -- Aaron Y. Zelin Terrorism and Political Violence Vol 23, No 4, 2011 Author InformationNelly Lahoud is associate professor with the Combating Terrorism Center in the Department of Social Sciences, U. S. Military Academy, West Point. Her publications include Political Thought in Islam: A Study in Intellectual Boundaries. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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