Is Islam an enemy of the west? / Tamara Sonn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sonn, Tamara, 1949- author.

Series:

Global futures series

Global futures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--21st century.

Islam.

Islam and politics.

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Terrorism.

Jihad.

Islamic countries--Politics and government.

Islamic countries.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

vii, 137 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016.

Summary:

New York, Washington, Madrid, London, Paris, and Brussels-the list of Western cities targeted by radical Islamic terrorists waging global jihad continues to grow. Does this extreme violence committed in the name of Islam point to a fundamental enmity between the Muslim faith and the West? In this compelling essay, leading scholar of Islam Tamara Sonn argues that whilst the West has many enemies among Muslims, it is politics not religion that informs their grievances. The longer these demands remain frustrated, the more violence has escalated and recruitment to groups like Islamic State has increased. Far from quelling the spread of Islamic extremism, Western military intervention has helped to turn nationalist movements into radical terrorist groups with international agendas. Islam, Sonn concludes, is not the problem, just as war is not the solution. Book jacket.

Contents:

The West versus Islam

Jihad : message, motivations, and methods

Muslim opposition to terror

Shared grievances

Mainstream strategies

Religion is not the root of conflict.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Sonn, Tamara, 1949- author. Is Islam an enemy of the west?

ISBN:

9781509504411

1509504419

9781509504428

1509504427

OCLC:

939994011

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