Author : Umar A. Hassan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 12,93 MB
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0615136214
The book consists of 2 sections. Section 1 is an interview with, what else, a reluctant jihadist. The second section is a collection of 99 posted blogs with a few interesting twists.
Author : Mohsin Hamid
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 2009-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307373355
From the author of the award-winning Moth Smoke comes a perspective on love, prejudice, and the war on terror that has never been seen in North American literature. At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with a suspicious, and possibly armed, American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful meeting. . . Changez is living an immigrant’s dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by Underwood Samson, an elite firm that specializes in the “valuation” of companies ripe for acquisition. He thrives on the energy of New York and the intensity of his work, and his infatuation with regal Erica promises entrée into Manhattan society at the same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore. For a time, it seems as though nothing will stand in the way of Changez’s meteoric rise to personal and professional success. But in the wake of September 11, he finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned, and his budding relationship with Erica eclipsed by the reawakened ghosts of her past. And Changez’s own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and perhaps even love. Elegant and compelling, Mohsin Hamid’s second novel is a devastating exploration of our divided and yet ultimately indivisible world. “Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard: I am a lover of America. I noticed that you were looking for something; more than looking, in fact you seemed to be on a mission, and since I am both a native of this city and a speaker of your language, I thought I might offer you my services as a bridge.” —from The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Author : Graham Holt
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,73 MB
Release : 2018-08-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781983835742
Rafe, a second-generation British citizen, whose grandparents fled India during the separation, grows up with Muslim parents still steeped in their traditional culture. He is unappreciated and bullied at school and so falls under the thrall of a fiery Imam who persuades him to leave his family and join a madrassa in Pakistan. His teachers in the madrassa, however, reject him as a fighter; he is too slight of build and asks too many questions. He is persuaded to return to England, albeit partly radicalised toward the strict adherence of Sharia law, and completes his education to find work in the oil industry. Unfortunately for him, his assistance to his radical Imam brings him under the scrutiny of the anti-terrorist police. He is treated badly by the police and becomes determined to fight, wanting to join Islamic State and the new caliphate. A more moderate Imam persuades him not to flee to Syria, just to become a suicide bomber like other young men, but to help, and see for himself how the caliphate works. He retrains as a paramedic and joins a hospital in Aleppo in the midst of the Syrian Civil War. His subsequent kidnapping by an IS group and forced employment at the main hospital in Raqqa with his colleagues, changes his life and his views. Meanwhile, in America a new president campaigns, and against all the odds is elected. His pre-election anti-Muslim rhetoric leads to an isolationist policy in which America intends to leave the Arab world to its own devices. Like Rafe, events suck America back into the Syrian Iraqi conflict, and the president also is forced to changes his views. As Rafe becomes involved in the clash of American and disparate Arab forces against Islamic State, he gains both stature and self-confidence, but his allegiances begin to change.
Author : Mark S. Hamm
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,35 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1437929591
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Examines terrorists¿ involvement in a variety of crimes ranging from motor vehicle violations, immigration fraud, and mfg. illegal firearms to counterfeiting, armed bank robbery, and smuggling weapons of mass destruction. There are 3 parts: (1) Compares the criminality of internat. jihad groups with domestic right-wing groups. (2) Six case studies of crimes includes trial transcripts, official reports, previous scholarship, and interviews with law enforce. officials and former terrorists are used to explore skills that made crimes possible; or events and lack of skill that the prevented crimes. Includes brief bio. of the terrorists along with descriptions of their org., strategies, and plots. (3) Analysis of the themes in closing arguments of the transcripts in Part 2. Illus.
Author : Alexander Thurston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108488668
Offers unique insights into the inner workings of jihadist organisations over the past three decades in North Africa and the Sahel.
Author : Meenakshi Bharat
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 13,49 MB
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9027261903
The multicultural world of today is often said to be marked by a certain kind of exoticization: a “fetishizing process”, as Graham Huggan has called it, which separates a “first world” from a “third world”, the Occident from the Orient. The essays collected here re-assess this tendency, not least by focusing on the kinds of intellectual tourism and dilettantism to which it has given rise. The wider context of these analyses is a postcolonial scenario where literatures and languages can move from the “exotic” to the comparatively “familiar” space of contemporary writings; where an exotic mythos can live on into the familiar present; and where certain perceptions and representations of peoples, of literatures, and of languages have turned exoticization and familiarization into global modes of mass-cultural consumption. Especially by exploring the liminalities between different cultures, this collection manages to trace both the history and the politics of exoticist representation and, in so doing, to make a significant critical intervention.
Author : Marc Sageman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 10,91 MB
Release : 2011-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0812206797
For decades, a new type of terrorism has been quietly gathering ranks in the world. America's ability to remain oblivious to these new movements ended on September 11, 2001. The Islamist fanatics in the global Salafi jihad (the violent, revivalist social movement of which al Qaeda is a part) target the West, but their operations mercilessly slaughter thousands of people of all races and religions throughout the world. Marc Sageman challenges conventional wisdom about terrorism, observing that the key to mounting an effective defense against future attacks is a thorough understanding of the networks that allow these new terrorists to proliferate. Based on intensive study of biographical data on 172 participants in the jihad, Understanding Terror Networks gives us the first social explanation of the global wave of activity. Sageman traces its roots in Egypt, gestation in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan war, exile in the Sudan, and growth of branches worldwide, including detailed accounts of life within the Hamburg and Montreal cells that planned attacks on the United States. U.S. government strategies to combat the jihad are based on the traditional reasons an individual was thought to turn to terrorism: poverty, trauma, madness, and ignorance. Sageman refutes all these notions, showing that, for the vast majority of the mujahedin, social bonds predated ideological commitment, and it was these social networks that inspired alienated young Muslims to join the jihad. These men, isolated from the rest of society, were transformed into fanatics yearning for martyrdom and eager to kill. The tight bonds of family and friendship, paradoxically enhanced by the tenuous links between the cell groups (making it difficult for authorities to trace connections), contributed to the jihad movement's flexibility and longevity. And although Sageman's systematic analysis highlights the crucial role the networks played in the terrorists' success, he states unequivocally that the level of commitment and choice to embrace violence were entirely their own. Understanding Terror Networks combines Sageman's scrutiny of sources, personal acquaintance with Islamic fundamentalists, deep appreciation of history, and effective application of network theory, modeling, and forensic psychology. Sageman's unique research allows him to go beyond available academic studies, which are light on facts, and journalistic narratives, which are devoid of theory. The result is a profound contribution to our understanding of the perpetrators of 9/11 that has practical implications for the war on terror.
Author : Anthony Richards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 13,77 MB
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1788315561
The past 18 months have seen a radical increase in incidents of jihadist terrorism within the United Kingdom – from the Manchester Arena attack, to the Houses of Parliament, to London Bridge. As a result, there are renewed calls for a high-level national conversation about the causes of, and the responses to, this particular terrorist problem. This book identifies policy and research gaps from an evidence-based perspective – it analyses what we know, what we don't know and what we need to know in relation to understanding and countering the jihadist terrorist threat. It provides readers with a synthesis of the knowledge and evidence that exists on each of the key topic areas, representing a distinctive and valuable resource for policymakers, academics and students. The contributors to the volume are leading international and national experts, from both the scholarly and policy-making communities, who are ideally placed to comment on the question of jihadist terrorism and the future of the threat in the UK.
Author : Bat Yeʼor
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0838636888
In two waves of Islamic expansion the Christian and Jewish populations of the Mediterranean regions and Mesopotamia, who had developed the most prestigious civilizations of the time, were conquered by jihad. Millions of Christians from Spain, Egypt, Syria, Greece, and Armenia; Latins and Slavs from southern and central Europe; as well as Jews were henceforth governed by the shari'a (Islamic law).
Author : S. Paul Kapur
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 29,95 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199768528
Islamist militants based in Pakistan have played a major role in terrorism around the world and pose a significant threat to regional and international security. Although the Pakistan-militant connection has received widespread attention only in recent years, it is not a new phenomenon. Pakistan has, since its inception in the wake of World War II, used Islamist militants to wage jihad in order to compensate for severe political and material weakness. This use of militancy has become so important that it is now a central component of Pakistani grand strategy; supporting jihad is one of the principal means by which the Pakistani state seeks to produce security for itself. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the strategy has not been wholly disastrous. It has achieved important domestic and international successes, enabling Pakistan to confront stronger adversaries and shape its strategic environment without the costs and risks of direct combat, and to help promote internal cohesion to compensate for its weak domestic political foundations. Recently, however, these successes of Pakistan's militant strategy have given way to serious problems. The militant organizations that Pakistan nurtured over the decades are increasingly exceeding its control; continued support for jihad diverts scarce resources from pressing domestic projects, impeding the country's internal development; and the militant campaign's repeated provocations have led India to adopt a more aggressive conventional military posture. As Paul Kapur shows in Jihad as Grand Strategy, these developments significantly undermine Pakistani interests, threatening to leave it less politically cohesive and externally secure than it was before. Thus, despite its past benefits, the strategy has outlived its utility, and Pakistan will have to abandon it in order to avoid catastrophe. This will require not simply a change of policy, but a thoroughgoing reconceptualization of the Pakistani state.
