02946nam 2200721Ia 450 991081149270332120240410122916.01-280-81279-60-8157-9602-19786610812790(CKB)1000000000446785(EBL)273524(OCoLC)476016309(SSID)ssj0000184010(PQKBManifestationID)12065947(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184010(PQKBWorkID)10199386(PQKB)11076659(SSID)ssj0000361955(PQKBManifestationID)12103986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361955(PQKBWorkID)10364003(PQKB)11282384(MiAaPQ)EBC273524(OCoLC)1017610352(MdBmJHUP)muse60872(Au-PeEL)EBL273524(CaPaEBR)ebr10063919(CaONFJC)MIL81279(EXLCZ)99100000000044678520041017d2003 my 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIslam a mosaic, not a monolith /Vartan Gregorian1st ed.Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20031 online resource (177 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-3283-X 0-8157-3282-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.A brief survey of Islam -- Clash of modernists and traditionalists -- Challenges of the twentieth century -- Islamism : liberation politics -- Quests for democracy and modernity -- Need for mutual knowledge and understanding. After World War II, leading western powers focused their attention on fighting the "Red Menace," Communism. Today, as terrorist activity is increasingly linked to militant Islamism, some politicians and scholars fear a "Green Menace," a Pan-Islamic totalitarian movement fueled by monolithic religious ideology. Such fears have no foundation in history, according to Vartan Gregorian. In this succinct, powerful survey of Islam, Gregorian focuses on Muslim diversity and division, portraying the faith and its people as a mosaic, not a monolith. The book begins with an accessible overview of IslaIslam and politicsIslamic countriesIslamic renewalIslamic countriesNationalismIslamic countriesHistory20th centuryIslamic countriesPolitics and government20th centuryIslam and politicsIslamic renewalNationalismHistory320.91767320.917671Gregorian Vartan641469MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811492703321Islam4051748UNINA