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The Crisis of Islam

Holy War and Unholy Terror

By Bernard Lewis

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| Paperback | 9780812967852

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In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise ofContinue

In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise of militant Islam in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, examining the impact of radical Wahhabi proselytizing, and Saudi oil money, on the rest of the Islamic world.

The Crisis of Islam ranges widely through thirteen centuries of history, but in particular it charts the key events of the twentieth century leading up to the violent confrontations of today: the creation of the state of Israel, the Cold War, the Iranian Revolution, the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan, the Gulf War, and the September 11th attacks on the United States.

While hostility toward the West has a long and varied history in the lands of Islam, its current concentration on America is new. So too is the cult of the suicide bomber. Brilliantly disentangling the crosscurrents of Middle Eastern history from the rhetoric of its manipulators, Bernard Lewis helps us understand the reasons for the increasingly dogmatic rejection of modernity by many in the Muslim world in favor of a return to a sacred past. Based on his George Polk Award–winning article for The New Yorker, The Crisis of Islam is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what Usama bin Ladin represents and why his murderous message resonates so widely in the Islamic world.

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  • Roots of terror

    The Crisis of Islam by Bernard Lewis 192pp, Weidenfeld, £12.99 Power and Terror by Noam Chomsky 144pp, Seven Stories Press (New York), £7.99 Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern by John Gray 160pp, Faber, £10.99 Terror's Source by Vincenzo Olivett ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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    A highly accessible primer to Islam and its factions in conflict with the West. Lewis, a British-American historian, writes with a sympathetic, yet critical, Western lens on this subject. A good first read for anyone trying to understand this complicated subject.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 224 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0812967852
  • ISBN-13: 9780812967852
  • Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
  • Pub date: Mar 01, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD and Others
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