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Is Islam an enemy of the west? / Tamara Sonn.
Author
Sonn, Tamara, 1949-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, [2016]
Description
vii, 137 pages ; 19 cm.
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BP161.3 .S66 2016
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Subject(s)
Islam
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21st century
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Islam and politics
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Terrorism
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Religious aspects
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Islam
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Jihad
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Islam
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1800-
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Islamic countries
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Politics and government
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Series
Global futures series
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Global futures
Summary note
New York, Washington, Madrid, London and now Paris - the list of Western cities targeted by radical Islamic terrorists waging global jihad continues to grow. Does this extreme violence committed in the name of Islam point to a fundamental enmity between the Muslim faith and the West? In this compelling essay, leading scholar of Islam Tamara Sonn argues that whilst the West has many enemies among Muslims, it is politics not religion that informs their grievances. The longer these demands remain frustrated, the more violence has escalated and recruitment to groups like Islamic State has increased. Far from quelling the spread of Islamic extremism, Western military intervention has helped to turn nationalist movements into radical terrorist groups with international agendas. Islam, Sonn concludes, is not the problem, just as war is not the solution. (Publisher).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-137).
Contents
Islam v. the West?
Jihad : message, motivations, and methods
Muslim opposition to terror
Shared grievances
Mainstream Muslim strategies
Religion is not the root of conflict.
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ISBN
9781509504411 ((hardback))
1509504419
9781509504428 ((pbk.))
1509504427
LCCN
2016013754
OCLC
939994011
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