Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism

Klappentext It includes detailed entries on the roots of Islamic Jihad and Islamism in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Chechnya, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, and the Balkans, among other countries and locations. It also includes profiles of such key individuals as Louis Farrakhan, Britain's Abu Hamza Al-Masri, Algeria's Hassan Hattab, the Egyptian orator and charismatic leader Hassan Al-Banna, and the founder of the Jombesh-i Melli Islami movement, Abdul Rashid Dostum; historical events such as Syria's Hama massacre; organizations and religious movements such as Hezbollah, Hamas, the Association of Militant Clergy, Morocco's Hizb Al-Adl W-Al-Inma (Justice and Development Party), Iran's Association for the Defense of the Values of the Islamic Revolution, Ahl-I Hadith (People of the Prophet's Word); and such groups as the Coalition of Islamic Societies and Lebanon's Al-Ahbash.

Product details

• Authors: Antoine Sfeir, Antoine (EDT)/ King Sfeir
• Assisted by: Olivier Roy (Editor), Antoine Sfeir (Editor), John King (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.10.2007
• EAN: 9780231146401
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14640-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 260 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works