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The Power of Sovereignty explores the religio-political and philosophical concepts of Sayyid Qutb, one of the most influential political thinkers for contemporary Islamists and who has greatly influenced the likes of Osama Bin Laden. Executed by the Egyptian state in 1966, his books continue to be read and his theory of jahiliyya ‘ignorance’ is still of prime importance for radical Islamic groups. Providing a detailed perspective of Sayyid Qutb’s writings, this book examines: the relation between the specifics of the concept of hakimiyyah and that of jahiliyyah the force and intent of these two concepts how Qutb employs their specifics to critically assess the political establishments like nationalism and capitalism the influence of the two concepts on Egypt’s radical Islamic movements, where many of al’Qa’ida’s lieutenants, officers, ideologues and conspirators were fomented Shedding light on Islamic radicalism and its intellectual origins The Power of Sovereignty presents new analysis on the intellectual legacy of one of the most important thinkers of modern Islamic revival.
Traces Abdallah Azzam's path from a West Bank village to the battlefields of Afghanistan and explains why jihadism went global.
This volume provides an authoritative survey of creative writing in Arabic from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
The economic, social, political, military, and intellectual aspects of the Muslims concern for history reveal the general structure of their perception of reality.
This volume addresses the changes in the Middle East—and in the United States as well—that has significantly affected the US-Middle Eastern dynamic. It provides an objective, cross-cultural assessment of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
Melalui buku ini, Tarif Khalidi membahas evolusi citra atau gambaran (images) sosok Nabi Muhammad Saw. seperti yang sudah diterima oleh umat Islam selama berabad-abad. Ia memetakan tradisi literatur Islam mengenai gambaran Rasulullah Saw., dari yang paling awal hingga mutakhir, baik yang ditulis oleh sarjana Islam maupun orientalis Barat. Kajian ini cukup menguntungkan karena tampaknya belum ada penelitian yang secara khusus mengkaji citra Nabi Besar Islam yang mencakup lanskap tradisi literatur tersebut secara lebih menyeluruh sebelum hadirnya buku ini. Karena itulah, buku ini sangat bermanfaat sebagai satu peta besar yang kita miliki. Sumber-sumber tradisi kepustakaan yang dikaji dalam buk...