1st Edition
Political Islam in Central Asia The challenge of Hizb ut-Tahrir
By Emmanuel Karagiannis
Copyright 2010
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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The terrorist attacks in the United States on 9/11 and the U.S.-led military campaign against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan have intensified scrutiny of radical Islamic groups across Central Asia. This books offers one of the first comprehensive studies of the activities of one of the most feared - but least understood - inernational Islamist organizations in post-Soviet Central Asia: Hizb... Read more
Introduction 1. Political Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia 2. Origins, Ideology, and Structure of Hizb ut-Tahrir 3. Hizb ut-Tahrir in Central Asia 4. Hizb ut-Tahrir as a Social Movement Organization 5. Hizb ut-Tahrir and Political Violence. Conclusions. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index
Biography
Emmanuel Karagiannis is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. He also teaches at the Joint War College of Hellenic Armed Forces, and the Hellenic National Defense College, Greece. His latest book, Energy and Security in the Caucasus, was also published by Routledge.
