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Book SynopsisHow do we engage with the pressing challenges of xenophobia, radicalism and security in the age of the 'war on terror'? The widely felt sense of insecurity in the West is shared by Muslims both within and outside Western societies. Growing Islamic militancy and resulting increased security measures by Western powers have contributed to a pervasive sense among Muslims of being under attack (both physically and culturally). "Islam and Political Violence" brings together the current debate on the uneasy and potentially mutually destructive relationship between the Muslim world and the West and argues we are on a dangerous trajectory, strengthening dichotomous notions of the divide between the West and the Muslim world.
Trade Review"'Judiciously blending theoretical discussions with the analysis of manifestations of Islamic sentiment in important parts of the world, this book offers a wealth of instructive material for both specialist and general readers.' - Professor William Maley, Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University, Canberra"
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Contextualising Neo-Islam PART I: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT Chapter 2: Radical Islam and the 'War on Terror' Chapter 3: Imagining Pan-Islam Chapter 4: Jihadism and Intercivilisational Conflict: Conflicting Images of the Self and the Other PART II: THE ENEMY WITHIN Chapter 5: New and Old Xenophobia: The Crisis of Liberal Multiculturalism Chapter 6: Risk Society and the Islamic Other Chapter 7: From Diaspora Islam to Globalised Islam PART III: JIHADISM AND ITS ALTERNATIVES Chapter 8: Conceptions of Jihad and Conflict Resolution in Muslim Societies Chapter 9: Hizbut Tahrir in Indonesia: Seeking a 'Total' Islamic Identity Chapter 10: Between 'Jihad' and 'McWorld': Engaged Sufism in Indonesia Chapter 11: No Respect: Forging Democracy in Bosnia and Kosovo
