208 Pages
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Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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The ideology of Islamic fundamentalists is of central importance in the modern world, but it is often distorted or misunderstood by the international media. This insightful study provides a detailed analysis of the Palestinian Hamas movement's world-view, and shows how the theoretical framework developed by thinkers such as Hassan al-Banna, Sayyis Qutb and al-Mawdudi is applied to a specific... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Context; Part 1 The Basic Themes in the Thought of ?am?s; Chapter 2 The Problem: Israel, Zionism and the Jews; Chapter 3 The Goal: An Islamic Palestinian State; Chapter 4 Sense of Urgency: Mass-Immigration of Soviet Jews; Chapter 5 Hostility and Isolation; Chapter 6 Means; Chapter 7 Self-Image of Islam; Chapter 8 Inner Enemy: The Palestinian Liberation Organisation; Chapter 9 Equality? The Christian Minority; Chapter 10 Ambiguity: Attitude towards the West; Part 2 Application of General World View to Specific Political Events; Chapter 11 The Gulf-War 1990/91; Chapter 12 ?am?s and the Peace Process; Chapter 13 The Mass Deportation of Islamists to South-Lebanon in December 1992; Chapter 14 The Surprise: The Declaration of Principles in September 1993; Chapter 15 The Massacre of Hebron, February 1994; Chapter 16 Relation between ?am?? and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA); Chapter 17 Outlook; Chapter 18 Conclusion;
Biography
Andrea Nüsse
"Lucidly written, this book makes a valuable contribution to college and university collections in Arab-Israeli and Islamic studies."
" The book fills an important gap in the current literature, and I would call it must reading for anyone seriously concerned with the Palestine-Israel situation."
