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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783812903321

Autore

Nusse Andrea <1963, >

Titolo

Muslim Palestine : the ideology of Hama's / / Andrea Nusse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Amsterdam] : , : Harwood Academic Publishers, , 1998

ISBN

1-135-29765-7

1-283-70775-6

1-135-29766-5

1-280-10028-1

9786610100286

0-203-01335-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Disciplina

320.5/5/095694

Soggetti

Islamic fundamentalism - West Bank

Islamic fundamentalism - Gaza Strip

Islam and politics - West Bank

Islam and politics - Gaza Strip

Ideology - Religious aspects - Islam

Palestinian Arabs - Politics and government - 1993-

Arab-Israeli conflict

Palestinian Arabs Politics and government 1993-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Book Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Glossary""; ""Introduction""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER ONE  The Context""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT IN THE 20TH CENTURY""; ""FEATURES OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND THE INTIFÄ€A""; ""NOTES""; ""PART ONE  The Basic Themes in the Thought of amÄ?s""; ""CHAPTER TWO  The Problem: Israel, Zionism and the Jews""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER THREE  The Goal: An Islamic Palestinian State""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER FOUR  Sense of Urgency: Mass-Immigration of Soviet Jews""; ""NOTES""

""CHAPTER FIVE  Hostility and Isolation""""THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY""; ""THE ARAB-MUSLIM COUNTRIES""; ""THE TRADITIONAL



PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER SIX  Means""; ""PALESTINE: JIHD IN FORM OF THE INTIFA""; ""THE ARAB-MUSLIM WORLD. ISLAMIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN  Self-Image of Islam""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT  Inner Enemy: The Palestinian Liberation Organisation""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER NINE  Equality? The Christian Minority""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER TEN  Ambiguity: Attitude towards the West""; ""NOTES""

""PART TWO  Application of General World View to Specific Political Events""""CHAPTER ELEVEN  The Gulf-War 1990/91""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE  amÄ?s and the Peace Process""; ""THE AFTERMATH OF THE GULF WAR""; ""THE BEGINNING OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE IN MADRID, 30 OCTOBER 1991""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN  The Mass Deportation of Islamists to South-Lebanon in December 1992""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN  The Surprise: The Declaration of Principles in September 1993""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN  The Massacre of Hebron, February 1994""; ""NOTES""

""CHAPTER SIXTEEN  Relation between amÄ? and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)""""FIRST PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS JANUARY 1996""; ""WAVE OF AMÄ€S SUICIDE OPERATIONS IN FEBRUARY/ MARCH 1996""; ""DEATH OF PRISONER IN PALESTINIAN PRISON AND CLASHES BETWEEN PALESTINIAN POLICE AND POPULATION, JULY/AUGUST 1996""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER SEVENTEEN  Outlook""; ""NOTES""; ""CHAPTER EIGHTEEN  Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The ideology of Islamic fundamentalists is of central importance in the modern world, but it is often distorted or misunderstood by the international media. This insightful study provides a detailed analysis of the Palestinian Hamas movement's world-view, and shows how the theoretical framework developed by thinkers such as Hassan al-Banna, Sayyis Qutb and al-Mawdudi is applied to a specific political, social and economic context. Nusse explains the fundamentalist position on recent events, such as the Gulf War, the Madrid peace negotiations and the Hebron massacre, and helps to dissipate myth