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Confronting political Islam six lessons from the West's past

Political Islam has often been compared to ideological movements of the past such as fascism or Christian theocracy. But are such analogies valid? How should the Western world today respond to the challenges of political Islam? Taking an original approach to answer this question, Confronting Politic...

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Main Author: Owen, John M. (John Malloy) 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey Oxford Princeton University Press 2015
Subjects:
Islam and politics
Islamic fundamentalism > Political aspects
Western countries > Foreign relations > Islamic countries
Islamic countries > Foreign relations > Western countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : it did happen here
  • Don't sell Islamism short
  • Ideologies are (usually) not monolithic
  • Foreign interventions are normal
  • A state may be rational and ideological at the same time
  • The winner may be "none of the above"
  • Watch Turkey and Iran
  • Conclusion : what to do and what not to do

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