Militant Islamist ideology understanding the global threat /

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Main Author: Aboul-Enein, Youssef H.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Precise definitions of the threat
  • A hidden center of gravity : militant Islamists cloaking themselves in Islam
  • What is not being taught in politicized madrassas : beginning to understand militant Islamist ideology
  • The Qur'an : how do militant Islamists abuse verses?
  • The term jihad : various interpretations
  • Muhammad and the succession crisis
  • Islamic government : a highly debatable concept among Muslims
  • The 1925 caliphate debates
  • Countering militant Islamist rhetoric using Islam
  • Marginalizing al-Qaida : utilizing al-Qaida rhetoric and actions
  • Ibn Taymiyyah : unlocking the origins of current militant Islamist ideology (1263-1327)
  • Ibn Abdul-Wahhab (1703-1792) : the founder of Wahhabism
  • Hassan al-Banna and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood : the first Islamist political party
  • Sayyid Qutb : twentieth-century theoretician of militant Islamist ideology (1906-1966)
  • Inside the Soviet-Afghan war (1979-1989) : a militant Islamist perspective
  • Usama bin Laden : a quick exposé
  • A basic analytic primer on Shiism
  • Other major figures in the militant Islamist movement
  • Al-Qaida's wedge issues for the United States to consider
  • Mindsets that hamper America's capabilities
  • Conclusion and further reading.