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Book SynopsisJihad (struggle) is a holy war to defend Islam against non-believers and non-Muslims. Jihadists are holy warriors. The intellectual father of jihadist Islamism, Sayyid Qutb, who was executed in Cairo in 1966, made the message crystal clear: Jihadism (jihadist terrorism) is a permanent Islamic world revolution aimed at decentering the West to establish Hakimiyyat Allah, or God's rule, on a global scale.This book narrates the evolution of jihadism (jihadist terrorism) in the past centuries and its impact on the world as an existential threat to the humanity in view of worldwide terrorist attacks with its aggression, barbarity, burning alive of human beings, kidnapping, and savagery while imperiling the democracy, secularism, plurality, freedom, and security of the civilized world. In the last seventy years, radical Islamists have won in many places and many times because of the two world wars and the Cold War. But the recent years have shown new levels of gruesome and ghastly activity. M
Trade ReviewDr. Mohanty's book, Jihadism: Past and Present, is a welcome addition to an impressive body of literature on terrorism I discuss in my course on Political Anthropology offered at the University of California, Santa Cruz every year. His book is packed with brilliant analysis, insightful historical perspectives, and a fresh overview of Jihadi movements in South Asia, in Middle East's Muslim nation-states, and in other regions of our world. I have not seen such a thoughtful and thorough coverage of sensitive aspects of Salafi and Stealth Jihadism in any other study. -- Triloki Nath Pandey, emeritus professor, University of California
“A much needed rebuttal of the politically-correct self-delusion regarding the global threat posed by militant Islam and its dogged quest for world domination." -- Efraim Karsh, King's College London & Bar-Ilan University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 This Is No Peace: A Historical Perspective Chapter 2 Jihadi Terrorism Chapter 3 Causes of Terrorism Chapter 4 Radical Jihadi Movements Chapter 5 Salafi Jihadism (Daesh) and Stealth Jihadism
