Terror in the Name of Faith : : Religion and Political Violence /

Terror in the Name of Faith : : Religion and Political Violence / / Rahamim Emanuilov, Andrey Yashlavsky.

As a manifestation of asymmetrical violence coming from the bottom up, terrorism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries is qualitatively different from terrorism in earlier times. Against a backdrop of globalization, the spread of new forms of mass communication, and the threat of un...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
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Emanuilov, Rahamim,
Yashlavsky, Andrey,
Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2011]
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Islamist Terrorism: A Perversion or the Norm?
  • Chapter 2. The Ideological Roots of Religious Terrorism: Salafism and Jihadism
  • Chapter 3. Palestine: From Left-Wing Nationalism to Islamism
  • Chapter 4. The Islamic Revolution: The Export Version
  • Chapter 5. Al-Qaeda: Terrorist Franchising
  • Chapter 6. Afghanistan: From Mujahideen to Taliban
  • Chapter 7. Jihadism in the Post-Soviet Landscape
  • As a conclusion. Resisting Religious Extremism and Terrorism: What should be done?
  • Bibliography
  • Links
  • Index
  • About the Authors
  • Also Published by Academic Studies Press in 2011

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