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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452200803321

Autore

Habeck Mary R

Titolo

Knowing the enemy [[electronic resource] ] : jihadist ideology and the War on Terror / / Mary R. Habeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-281-73081-5

9786611730819

0-300-13069-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

297.2/72

Soggetti

Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam

Islam and world politics

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Nothing remains in its right place -- Historical context -- The Qur'an is our constitution -- Our 'Aqida -- The clash of civilizations. pt. 1, The American campaign to suppress Islam -- The clash of civilizations. pt. 2, Jihad on the path of God -- From Mecca to Medina : following the method of Muhammad -- Jihadist ideology and the war on terror.

Sommario/riassunto

After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This penetrating book is the first to present the inner logic of al-Qa'ida and like-minded extremist groups by which they justify September 11 and other terrorist attacks.Mary Habeck explains that these extremist groups belong to a new movement-known as jihadism-with a specific ideology based on the thought of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Hasan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb. Jihadist ideology contains new definitions of the unity of God and of jihad, which allow members to call for the destruction of democracy and the United States and to murder innocent men, women, and



children. Habeck also suggests how the United States might defeat the jihadis, using their own ideology against them.