The Receding Shadow of the Prophet - The Rise and Fall of Radical Political Islam

Klappentext The September 11th tragedies in the United States renewed fears of an Islamist wave destabilizing the countries of the Muslim world. Yet the alarm raised over a previous wave of Islamism in the early 1990s! which threatened to overwhelm Egypt and Algeria and spill into the Balkans and Central Asia! proved to be unfounded. Takeyh and Gvosdev assert that while Islamism has been successful as an oppositional ideology of wrath! it has failed to provide Islamic societies with any feasible alternative to undertaking fundamental political and economic reforms. By detailing the defeat of Islamist movements in the Middle East! the Balkans! and Central Asia over the last decade! this book encourages us not to overestimate the "Islamist threat" in the current climate and the years to come. Zusammenfassung Takeyh and Gvosdev encourage us not to overestimate the "Islamist threat" in the current climate and the years to come.

Product details

• Authors: Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Gvosdev Nikolas K., Ray Takeyh, Ray/ Gvosdev Takeyh, Takeyh Ray
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2004
• EAN: 9780275976293
• ISBN: 978-0-275-97629-3
• No. of pages: 186
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Political ideologies and movements, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Religion: Comparative