Routledge handbook of political Islam / edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akbarzadeh, Shahram, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 pages) illustrations

Edition:

Second edition

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2021]

Summary:

"This updated, 2nd edition of the Handbook book covers a range of political actors that use Islam to advance their cause. While they share the ultimate vision of establishing a political system governed by Islam, the tactics and methods can be very different. Capturing this diversity, this volume also sheds light on some of the less-known experiences from South East Asia to North Africa. Drawing on the expertise from some of the top scholars in the world, the chapters examine the main issues surrounding political Islam across the world, including: Theoretical foundations of political Islam, Historical background, Geographical spread of Islamist movements, Political strategies adopted by Islamist groups, Terrorism, Attitudes towards democracy, Relations between Muslims and the West in the international sphere, Challenges of integration, Gender relations Capturing the geographical spread of Islamism and the many manifestations of this political phenomenon make this book a key resource for students and researchers interested in political Islam, Muslim affairs and the Middle East"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors

1. Political Islam under the spotlight

2. Islamism beyond politics: Sayyid Qutb's journey to radicalism

3. Theocracy: from Wahhabism to Vilayat-e Faqih

4. Political Islam and animal issues

5. The Muslim Brotherhood: ideological, political and organizational developments

6. Islamic movements and party politics: two competing visions in Morocco

7. Hamas according to Hamas: a reading of its Document of General Principles

8. Hezbollah: between nationalism and Islamism

9. Islamists, Muslim democrats and citizenship in contemporary Indonesia

10. Muslim autonomy, political pragmatism, and the challenge of Islamist extremism in the Philippines

11. Islam and politics in the Maldives: rethinking political Islam

12. Political Islam in Central Asia: from religious revival to securitization

13. Islamism in Turkey

14. Islamist populism, Islamist fatwas, state transnationalism and Turkey's diasporas

15. Facebook and agency: Iranian women's resistance and reaffirmation

16. Political Islamic movements in South Asia: the case of Jama'at-e-Islami

17. An existential crisis: the diminishing influence of religion in the New Saudi Arabia

18. Political Islam in peace and war: the case of Yemen

19. The two sources of jihadism

20. Jihadi Salafism

21. The ideology of al-Qaeda

22. The Islamic State's ideological and strategic worldview

23. Hizb-ut-Tahrir in the age of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)

24. Militant goodness and totalized meanings: some interpretations of jihad among Tajiks

25. Women in jihad: a historical perspective on Western women in the Islamic State (IS)

26. Politics for jihadi women: Lashker-e-Taiba and Jamaat ud Dawah as a case study.

27. Racialization and the construction of the problem of the Muslim presence in Western societies

28. UK counter-terrorism strategy, Muslim diaspora communities and the 'securitisation of integration'

29. Revisiting S.P. Huntington's 'The Clash of Civilizations' thesis

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-75717-4

0-429-42516-3

0-429-75718-2

9780429425165

OCLC:

1182020886