Political Islam, world politics and Europe : from Jihadist to Institutional Islamism /
The new and updated edition of Political Islam, World Politics and Europe focusses on the shift within political Islam, in light of 9/11 and the events of the Arab Spring, from a jihadist struggle, to institutional Islamism. Refuting what has often been referred to by commentators as the 'moder...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The impact of the politicization of Islam on world politics as a context for Europe and Islam in the 21st century; Part I The conflict within Islamic civilization between jihadism and democracy. Its pertinence to world politics and to the Islam diaspora in Europe: obstacles and solutions; 1 From classical jihad to global jihadism in an invention of tradition for mapping the world into Dar al-Islam.
- 2 Polity and rule: The Islamic quest for civil society and for democracy against Hakimiyyat Allah as the Islamist system of totalitarian government; Part II Political Islam enters world politics: Global jihadism as an Islamist internationalism in its Sunni and Shi'ite varieties as a challenge to safe democracy and international security; 3 The world-political Sunni fallacy: Jihadist internationalism as a cosmic war of irregulars for remaking the world; 4 The Shi'ite option: Internationalism for an export of the Islamic revolution of Iran A failed effort!
- Part III Europe as a battlefield for the competing options: Islamization versus Europeanization resulting in Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam?; 5 Political Islam and Europe in the twenty-first century: The return of history as the return of civilizations into world affairs; 6 The European diaspora of Muslim migrants and the idea of Europe: Could they become Europeans by choice?; 7 Political Islam and democracy's decline to a voting procedure: The political culture of democracy is the solution for Islamic civilization.
- Part IV Political Islam in a process of change: The shift from jihadist terror to Islamist governance: a moderation?; 8 Political Islam and governance: The quest for a shari'a order in the context of global democracy: Examining the assumption of moderation; 9 Institutional Islamism, cosmopolitan democracy and Islamist shari'a law; Notes; Bibliography; Index.