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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-04-29 - Publisher: Casemate
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Language: en
Pages: 343
Pages: 343
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-11 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This book examines contemporary jihad as a cult of violence and power. All jihadi groups, whether Shiite or Sunni, Arab or not, are characterized by a similar b
Language: en
Pages: 427
Pages: 427
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-05 - Publisher: Routledge
In 1105, six years after the first crusaders from Europe conquered Jerusalem, a Damascene Muslim jurisprudent named ’Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (d. 1106) publicl
Language: en
Pages: 210
Pages: 210
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-28 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
In the post-September 11 world, Al Qaeda is no longer the central organizing force that aids or authorizes terrorist attacks or recruits terrorists. It is now m
Language: en
Pages: 200
Pages: 200
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-27 - Publisher: Cornell University Press
What are the motives behind Osama bin Laden's and Al-Qaeda's jihad against America and the West? Innumerable attempts have been made in recent years to explain