Political Islam Books

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1. Transnational Islamic Actors and Indonesia’s Foreign Policy: Transcending the State

   By Rizal Sukma, Delphine Alles

   This book examines the growing role of transnational Islamic Non-State Actors (NSAs) in post-authoritarian Indonesia and how it has affected the making and the conduct of Indonesia’s foreign policy since the country embarked on democratization process in 1998. After the end of the New Order...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-56026-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Democracy and Violence: Global Debates and Local Challenges

   Edited by John Schwarzmantel, Hendrik Kraetzschmar

   Illustrated most dramatically by the events of 9/11 and the subsequent ‘war on terror’, violence represents a challenge to democratic politics and to the establishment of liberal-democratic regimes. Liberal-democracies have themselves not hesitated to use violence and restrict civil liberties as a...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-60957-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. The Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist Politics in the Middle East

   By Mariz Tadros, Akram Habib

   The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, has become the world’s largest, most influential Islamist group. After eight decades surviving as a populist religious movement, banned from political participation in many Arab countries, in recent years it has moved towards becoming a political...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-46596-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Routledge Handbook of Political Islam

   Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh

   This Handbook provides a multidisciplinary overview of the phenomenon of political Islam, one of the key political movements of our time. Drawing on the expertise from some of the top scholars in the world it examines a range of topics, from aspects of Muslim integration in the West to questions of...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-48473-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Approaches to Qur'anic Exegesis: A Comparative Practical Analysis

   By Hussein Abdul-Raof

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-44958-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Islamic Revivalism in Syria: The Rise and Fall of Ba'thist Secularism

   By Line Khatib

   This book describes Syria’s present day Islamic groups – particularly their social profile and ideology – as well as offering an explanation of their resurgence. It also examines the government’s shift from promoting secularism to muting secularism and co-opting Islamic sectors....

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-78203-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Hamas and Suicide Terrorism: Multi-causal and Multi-level Approaches

   By Rashmi Singh

   This book analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas. Using extensive fieldwork and on-the-ground interviews, the volume seeks to delve beneath the surface and understand why and how suicide operations were adopted as a sustained...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-49804-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics: The British Experience

   By Tahir Abbas

   The expression of an Islamic political radicalism in Britain has been one of the most dramatic developments in recent decades. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics explores the nature of this phenomenon by analysing the origins of Islam and its historical contact with Western Europe and...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-57225-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies

   Edited by Michael Kemper, Stephan Conermann

   This book examines the Russian/Soviet intellectual tradition of Oriental and Islamic studies, which comprised a rich body of knowledge especially on Central Asia and the Caucasus. The Soviet Oriental tradition was deeply linked to politics – probably even more than other European ‘Orientalisms’. It...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-59977-1 | Hardback (Routledge)
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    Islam as Political Religion: The Future of an Imperial Faith

    By Shabbir Akhtar

    This comprehensive survey of contemporary Islam provides a philosophical and theological approach to the issues faced by Muslims and the question of global secularisation. Engaging with critics of modern Islam, Shabbir Akhtar sets out an agenda of what his religion is and could be as a political...

    October 2010 | 978-0-415-78147-3 | Paperback (Routledge)