Beyond Terror and Martyrdom : The Future of the Middle East.
Kepel, Gilles.
Beyond Terror and Martyrdom : The Future of the Middle East. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (337 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. From the War on Terror to the Fiasco in Iraq -- 2. Martyrdom Operations among Shiites and Sunnis -- 3. The Third Phase of Jihad -- 4. Missteps of Multiculturalism -- 5. The Propaganda Battle in Europe -- 6. The Challenge of Civilization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Kepel urges us to escape the ideological quagmire of terrorism and martyrdom and explore the terms of a new and constructive dialogue between Islam and the West. This book sounds the alarm to the West and to Islam that both of these exhausted narratives are bankrupt--neither productive of democratic change in the Middle East nor of unity in Islam.
9780674039551
Terrorism-Prevention-History-21st century.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Jihad-History-21st century.
Islam and international relations.
Terrorism-Middle East.
Martyrdom.
East and West.
Electronic books.
HV6433
363.3250956
Beyond Terror and Martyrdom : The Future of the Middle East. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (337 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. From the War on Terror to the Fiasco in Iraq -- 2. Martyrdom Operations among Shiites and Sunnis -- 3. The Third Phase of Jihad -- 4. Missteps of Multiculturalism -- 5. The Propaganda Battle in Europe -- 6. The Challenge of Civilization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Kepel urges us to escape the ideological quagmire of terrorism and martyrdom and explore the terms of a new and constructive dialogue between Islam and the West. This book sounds the alarm to the West and to Islam that both of these exhausted narratives are bankrupt--neither productive of democratic change in the Middle East nor of unity in Islam.
9780674039551
Terrorism-Prevention-History-21st century.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Jihad-History-21st century.
Islam and international relations.
Terrorism-Middle East.
Martyrdom.
East and West.
Electronic books.
HV6433
363.3250956