Beyond Jihad: Critical Voices from Inside IslamKim Ezra Shienbaum, Jamal Hasan Academica Press,LLC, 2006 - 296 páginas This collection of non Western scholarly voices is a long awaited remedy to the lack of critical commentary by Muslim intellectuals on the nature of modern Jihadi terrorism and the political debate within Islam over the direction of resistance to modernization and secularization of traditional societies. The work is divided into three parts: 1) Understanding the Islamist Mind. 2) Understanding Islamism and Politics. 3) Beyond Jihad: Expanding the Circle of Sanity. Major figures such as Dr. Ali Sina, Sayeed M. Said and Syed Kamran Mirza contribute previously unpublished essays; indeed the work has virtually new essays from all contributors. With historical introductions by Dr Kim Sheinbaum and Jamal Hasan. Introduction is by terrorism expert Dr.Steven Emerson, author of American Jihad and the PBS documentary " Jihad in America". " A long needed discussion by superb scholars...recommended for research libraries. Professor P duQuenoy, American University in Cairo. |
Contenido
Introduction Kim Ezra Shienbaum | 1 |
The Problem with Islam Ohmyrus | 31 |
The Case Against the Western Apologists Ali Sina | 43 |
The Janus Face of Islam Abul Kasem | 51 |
Looking for Another Saladin Lessons From the Battlefield Ohmyrus | 65 |
An Exegesis on Jihad in Islam Syed Kamran Mirza | 75 |
Is Killing by Beheading Islamic? Syed Kamran Mirza | 89 |
The Misconceived Dogma That Has Poisoned Islam | 97 |
Is Our Civilization Threatened? Mohammad Asghar | 165 |
Who is Responsible? Ali Sina | 171 |
A Road to Perdition? Abul Kasem | 177 |
BEYOND JIHAD EXPANDING THE CIRCLE OF SANITY | 187 |
Governance or Guidance? Hasan Mahmud | 193 |
A Peaceful Religion for the Seventh Century A Call for Reform in Islam | 209 |
Right Diagnosis Wrong Prescription? | 217 |
Can The United Nations Be Reformed? | 229 |
Can Islam Be Reformed? Ali Sina | 105 |
UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL ISLAM | 113 |
Tweedledum and Tweedledee Ohmyrus | 127 |
The Crucial Questions Syed M Islam | 133 |
The Female Form of Jihad Nonie Darwish | 141 |
Is Wahhabism an Aberration in Comtemporary Islamic Throught? | 147 |
The Hide and Seek Banglasdeshi Islamists Play in the U | 153 |
Muslims and the Reality of Their Cognitive Dissonance Syed M Islam | 239 |
United We Stand Divided We Fall Ali Sina | 249 |
Expanding the Circle of Sanity Kim Ezra Shienbaum | 255 |
Contributors | 281 |
Bibliography | 287 |
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