the trail of political islam Kepel, Gilles. creator text xxu S.l.] I.B.Tauris 2003 monographic eng

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364 p. The late 20th century saw the emergence of an unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon culminating in a devastating onslaught on the West in 2001: Islamist political movements. Beginning in the early 1970s, militants revolted against the regimes in power across the Muslim world and exacerbated political conflicts internationally. Their jihad - or "Holy Struggle" - aimed to establish a global Islamic state based solely on a strict interpretation of the Qur'an. "Jihad" is a comprehensive attempt to follow the history and spread of this new political-religious phenomenon. Gilles Kepel has travelled throughout the Muslim world gathering documents, interviews and archival material inaccessible to most scholars. Gilles Kepel. Islam Islam and politics Islam and state Islamic fundamentalism Jihad BP173.7 320.550917671 KEP 2003 1860646840 (paperback) 9781860646843 (paperback) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1860646840/chopaconline-20 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1860646840/chopaconline-20 0 131211 20170105102925.0 ASIN1860646840