Princeton readings in Islamist thought : texts and contexts from al-Banna to Bin Laden / edited and introduced by Roxanne L. Euben and Muhammad Qasim Zaman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Euben, Roxanne Leslie, 1966-

Zaman, Muhammad Qasim.

Series:

Princeton studies in Muslim politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--20th century.

Islam.

Islam--21st century.

Religion and politics--Islamic countries.

Religion and politics.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islamic modernism.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

xv, 516 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]

Summary:

This anthology of key primary texts provides an unmatched introduction to Islamist political thought from the early twentieth century to the present, and serves as an invaluable guide through the storm of polemic, fear, and confusion that swirls around Islamism today. Roxanne Euben and Muhammad Qasim Zamam gather a broad selection of texts from influential Islamist thinkers and place these figures and their writings in their multifaceted political and historical contexts. The selections presented here in English translation include writings of Ayatollah Khomeini, Usama bin Laden, Muslim Brotherhood founder Hasan al-Banna, and Moroccan Islamist leader Nadia Yassine, as well as the Hamas charter, an interview with a Taliban commander, and the final testament of 9/11 hijacker Muhammad Ata.

Illuminating the content and political appeal of Islamist thought, this anthology brings into sharp relief the commonalities in Islamist arguments about gender, democracy, and violence, but it also reveals significant political and theological disagreements among thinkers too often grouped together and dismissed as extremists or terrorists. No other anthology better illustrates the diversity of Islamist thought, the complexity of its intellectual and political contexts, or the variety of ways in which it relates to other intellectual and religious trends in the contemporary Muslim world.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Part I Islamism: An Emergent Worldview

Chapter 2 / Hasan al-Banna 49

Toward the Light 56

Chapter 3 / Sayyid Abu'l-A'la Mawdudi 79

The Islamic Law 86

Chapter 4 / Sayyid Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali Nadwi 107

Muslim Decadence and Revival 112

Chapter 5 / Sayyid Qutb 129

Signposts along the Road 136

In the Shade of the Qur'an 145

Part II Remaking the Islamic State

Chapter 6 / Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 155

Islamic Government 163

Chapter 7 / Muhammad Bagir al-Sadr 181

The General Framework of the Islamic Economy 186

Chapter 8 / Hasan al-Turabi 207

The Islamic State 213

Chapter 9 / Yusuf al-Qaradawi 224

Islam and Democracy 230

Part III Islamism and Gender

Chapter 10 / Murtaza Mutahhari 249

The Human Status of Woman in the Qur'an 254

Chapter 11 / Zaynab al-Ghazali 275

An Islamist Activist 283

From Days of My Life, chapter 2 288

Chapter 12 / Nadia Yassine 302

Modernity, Muslim Women, and Politics in the Mediterranean 311

Part IV Violence, Action, and Jihad

Chapter 13 / Muhammad 'Abd al-Salam Faraj 321

The Neglected Duty 327

Chapter 14 / 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman 344

The Present Rulers and Islam: Are They Muslims or Not? 350

Chapter 15 / Hamas 356

Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) of Palestine 364

Chapter 16 / Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah 387

Islamic Unity and Political Change 394

September 11th, Terrorism, Islam, and the Intifada 403

Chapter 17 The Taliban 409

A New Layeha for the Mujahidin 415

An Interview with a Taliban Commander 418

Part V Globalizing Jihad

Chapter 18 / Usama bin Laden 425

Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places 436

Chapter 19 / Muhammad 'Ata al-Sayyid 460

Final Instructions 466.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691135885

0691135886

9780691135878

0691135878

OCLC:

310097140

Publisher Number:

99935176374