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- Release Year
- 2007
- ISBN
- 9780156031707
- Book Title
- Journey of the Jihadist : inside Muslim Militancy
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Author
- Fawaz A. Gerges
- Genre
- Religion, Political Science, History
- Topic
- Fundamentalism, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Islam / General, Political Ideologies / General, Middle East / General, Religion, Politics & State
- Item Weight
- 10.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
- Country of Origin
- United States
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156031701
ISBN-13
9780156031707
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57032747
Product Key Features
Book Title
Journey of the Jihadist : inside Muslim Militancy
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Fundamentalism, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Islam / General, Political Ideologies / General, Middle East / General, Religion, Politics & State
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Political Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
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Reviews
PRAISE FOR JOURNEY OF THE JIHADIST “Many of the shortcomings of the war on terrorism can be viewed as stemming from the failure to understand the motives and belief systems of jihadist Muslims . . . Fortunately, there are academics like Fawaz Gerges.”—THE VILLAGE VOICE “This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the world of militant Islam—a subject that has never seemed more relevant.”—MARY ANNE WEAVER, author of PAKISTAN: IN THE SHADOW OF JIHAD AND AFGHANISTAN, PRAISE FOR JOURNEY OF THE JIHADIST “Many of the shortcomings of the war on terrorism can be viewed as stemming from the failure to understand the motives and belief systems of jihadist Muslims . . . Fortunately, there are academics like Fawaz Gerges.”‘e”THE VILLAGE VOICE “This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the world of militant Islam’e”a subject that has never seemed more relevant.”‘e”MARY ANNE WEAVER, author of PAKISTAN: IN THE SHADOW OF JIHAD AND AFGHANISTAN, PRAISE FOR JOURNEY OF THE JIHADIST “Many of the shortcomings of the war on terrorism can be viewed as stemming from the failure to understand the motives and belief systems of jihadist Muslims . . . Fortunately, there are academics like Fawaz Gerges.”–THE VILLAGE VOICE “This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the world of militant Islam–a subject that has never seemed more relevant.”–MARY ANNE WEAVER, author of PAKISTAN: IN THE SHADOW OF JIHAD AND AFGHANISTAN, PRAISE FOR JOURNEY OF THE JIHADIST”Many of the shortcomings of the war on terrorism can be viewed as stemming from the failure to understand the motives and belief systems of jihadist Muslims . . . Fortunately, there are academics like Fawaz Gerges.”—THE VILLAGE VOICE”This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the world of militant Islam—a subject that has never seemed more relevant.”—MARY ANNE WEAVER, author of PAKISTAN: IN THE SHADOW OF JIHAD AND AFGHANISTAN, PRAISE FOR JOURNEY OF THE JIHADIST”Many of the shortcomings of the war on terrorism can be viewed as stemming from the failure to understand the motives and belief systems of jihadist Muslims . . . Fortunately, there are academics like Fawaz Gerges.”–THE VILLAGE VOICE”This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the world of militant Islam–a subject that has never seemed more relevant.”–MARY ANNE WEAVER, author of PAKISTAN: IN THE SHADOW OF JIHAD AND AFGHANISTAN
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
322.4/2088297
Table Of Content
Contents Prologue 1 Portrait of a Jihadist: The First Generation 19 Things Fall Apart 61 The Warriors of God: The Second Generation 93 The Great Satan, Near and Far 143 Under Middle Eastern Eyes 183 Jihad Diaspora 231 Afterword 273 Notes 278 Glossary 285 Selected Bibliography 288 Acknowledgments 293 Index 295
Synopsis
Renowned Middle Eastern expert Fawaz A. Gerges takes us into the mind-set of the jihadi–or holy warrior–that lies behind so many headlines yet remains nearly impenetrable to us. Using his firsthand knowledge of the “Arab street,” he brings to life the stories of Kamal al-Said Habib, a founder of the Jihadist Movement, as well as dozens of other Islamic fundamentalists, as they struggle with the battle being waged for the soul of Islam. Journey of the Jihadist puts a human face to events of the last thirty years–from the civil war in Lebanon to the war in Iraq to the conflict in Lebanon today. This important work, now with a new afterword addressing the rise of Hezbollah, will join the ranks of those by Thomas L. Friedman, Fareed Zakaria, and Bernard Lewis., Fawaz Gerges is one of this country’s leading scholars of and media commentators on the Middle Eastern. Starting in the late 1990s, Gerges went to Cairo on a McArthur Fellowship, to interview (Arabic is his first language) those involved in the Jihadist Movement, which had begun in the 1970s as a fight against the secularization of Arab countries, hence was national rather than international in scope. But events–the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian Revolution, war in Iraq–began to extend its influence. The new Jihadists were not looking now merely to affect local but worldwide change. In Cairo, Fawaz began a long series of conversations with Kamal al-Said Habib was one of the founders of the modern Jihadist movement and one of its key spokesman. Habib had been jailed after Anwar Sadat’s assassination–organized by the Jihadist Movement–and then become allied with Osama bin Laden’s fringe group, which he subsequently renounced, before the 9-11 attacks. Habib’s life-story emerges as a counterpart to those events and forms the basis of this book. JOURNEY OF A JIHADIST gives readers a look at religious extremism from the inside–from the point of view of someone who founded, shaped, and changed with a movement. The Koran uses “jihad” figuratively to refer to humanity’s lifelong struggle with the dictates of faith. This book gives us Habib’s quest, among others, personalizing issues that would otherwise seem inexplicable. It also gives us Fawaz Gerges’ quest. Gerges family was forced out of Lebanon by Muslim extremists during the Civil War, and his brother–a Lebanese armyofficer–was killed in fighting. He offers a gripping, accessible, even visceral account of the force with which we have been dealing since 9-11 and its aftermath, but which still seems so alien to most Americans., Fawaz Gerges is one of this country’s leading scholars of and media commentators on the Middle Eastern. Starting in the late 1990s, Gerges went to Cairo on a McArthur Fellowship, to interview (Arabic is his first language) those involved in the Jihadist Movement, which had begun in the 1970s as a fight against the secularization of Arab countries, hence was national rather than international in scope. But events–the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian Revolution, war in Iraq–began to extend its influence. The new Jihadists were not looking now merely to affect local but worldwide change. In Cairo, Fawaz began a long series of conversations with Kamal al-Said Habib was one of the founders of the modern Jihadist movement and one of its key spokesman. Habib had been jailed after Anwar Sadat’s assassination–organized by the Jihadist Movement–and then become allied with Osama bin Laden’s fringe group, which he subsequently renounced, before the 9-11 attacks. Habib’s life-story emerges as a counterpart to those events and forms the basis of this book. JOURNEY OF A JIHADIST gives readers a look at religious extremism from the inside–from the point of view of someone who founded, shaped, and changed with a movement. The Koran uses “jihad” figuratively to refer to humanity’s lifelong struggle with the dictates of faith. This book gives us Habib’s quest, among others, personalizing issues that would otherwise seem inexplicable. It also gives us Fawaz Gerges’ quest. Gerges family was forced out of Lebanon by Muslim extremists during the Civil War, and his brother–a Lebanese army officer–was killed in fighting. He offers a gripping, accessible, even visceral account of the force with which we have been dealing since 9-11 and its aftermath, but which still seems so alien to most Americans.
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