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Book SynopsisAntoine Sfeir's Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism is a major resource. Translated for the first time from the original French, this volume features more than two thousand entries on the history of Islamism and Islamic countries. It provides a balanced account of events and organizations, as well as philosophers, activists, militants, and other prominent figures, and offers a window into a movement that has irrevocably changed both Muslim and Western societies. The dictionary includes entries on the roots of Islamism and jihad in Africa, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, the Balkans, and the United States, among many other countries and locations. It profiles such key individuals as Louis Farrakhan; Tariq Ramadan; Abu Hamza Al-Masri; Algeria's Hassan Hattab, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood; Egypt's Hassan Al-Banna; and the leader of the Afghan Jombesh-i Melli Islami movement, Abdul Rashid Dostum; historical events such as the bombing of the U.S.S. Co
Trade Review[The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism] not only documents people, organizations, and their links throughout the world, country by country, but also answers questions surrounding September 11, 2001... The picture drawn of Islamism is precise and comprehensively based in geopolitics. L'Humanite An essential resource for anyone interested in this extremely relevant issue. La Tribune An antidote to confusion... Antoine Sfeir emphasizes that 15 million Arabs are not all Muslims, that all Muslims are not Islamists, and that every Islamist is not a terrorist. Le Figaro This colossal project... attempts for the first time to gather together all the people, places, and religious terms connected with the emergence of Islamism, fully linked to the latest developments, with the objective of explaining current events. Le Temps The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism holds the potential of educating Western readers as to the complexities of the present state of affairs. Booklist This fascinating and timely book manages to tackle a tricky subject that other resources fail to frame... Highly recommended. Library Journal Well-written, succinct, and tightly focused... an excellent dictionary. -- Muhammed Hassanali American Reference Books Annual There is no reference work quite like this one, with material that covers Ibn Taymiyyah to Osama bin Laden... Recommended. CHOICE
