The Inevitable Caliphate?: A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present by Reza Pankhurst (2013-12-04) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849042519 ISBN 13: 9781849042512

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 1600

Synopsis

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About this title

About the Author:

Reza Pankhurst is a political scientist and historian, specialising in the Middle East and Islamic movements. He has a doctorate from the London School of Economics, where he previously completed his masters degree in the history of international relations.

Review:

"Reza Pankhurst provides a unique and probing examination of modern thinking on the caliphate....This detailed analysis of the ways in which the Muslim Brotherhood, Hizb ut-Tahrir, and al-Qaeda as well as smaller groups reformulate and use the concept today is both judicious and informed. It provides the most reliable guide available to an idea and political symbol that holds attraction for many Sunni Muslims while inciting anxiety, even fear, among others, including many non-Muslims and Shi'a."--Professor James Piscatori, Durham University

"...a refreshingly original contribution to this misunderstood subject... [providing] a detailed and clear-sighted description and analysis of the origins of the three major Islamic movements, their ideological development and political posturing." -- Mahan Abedin, Visiting Fellow at the New Delhi-based Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, relgion.info

"Anyone trying to understand the current happenings in the Middle East could do worse than refer to the work. What they will find is a narrative that does not use western liberal democracy as the yardstick." -- Huffington Post

About this edition

• Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1600
• ISBN 10: 1849042519
• ISBN 13: 9781849042512
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1