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Radical Islam and international security : challenges and responses / edited by Hillel Frisch and Efraim Inbar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Inbar, Efraim, Editor.
- Series:
- BESA studies in international security.
- BESA studies in international security
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam and world politics.
- Security, International.
- Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Terrorism.
- Islamic fundamentalism--Middle East.
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Islam and politics--Middle East.
- Islam and politics.
- Middle East--Politics and government--1945-.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1
- Place of Publication:
- Taylor and Francis 2007
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Radical Islam poses a political challenge in the modern world which is like that of no other radical religious movement. Ideologically, it is perceived by Western policy makers as threatening the liberal-democratic ideology by which most states in the West abide and which most other states rhetorically espouse. This book serves as a welcome addition to the intellectual and policy debate on the nature of the radical Islam phenomenon and how to respond to it.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Introduction: Radical Islam and international security: challenges and responses; Part I: The challenge of radical Islam: General themes; 1 Religious extremism or religionization of politics?: The ideological foundations of political Islam; 2 Islam from flexibility to ferocity; 3 An economic perspective on radical Islam; Part II: The Islamist challenge Case studies; 4 The rise of jihadi trends in Saudi Arabia: The post Iraq-Kuwait war phase; 5 Islamic radicalism and terrorism in the European Union: The Maghrebi factor
- 6 Explaining the causes of radical Islam in Europe7 The evolution of Iranian interventionism: Support for radical Islam in Turkey, 1982-2003; 8 The Islamic dimension of Pakistan's foreign policy; Part III: Responding to the Islamist challenge; 9 The potential dangers of a "real" jihad; 10 Deterring those who are already dead?; 11 Fighting terrorism with democracy?; 12 Counter-terrorist strategies; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-06640-6
- 1-281-06391-6
- 9786611063917
- 0-203-93840-2
- 9780203938409
- OCLC:
- 316143487
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