Journey of the jihadist : inside Muslim militancy

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Label

Journey of the jihadist : inside Muslim militancy

Title remainder

inside Muslim militancy

Statement of responsibility

Fawaz A. Gerges

Creator

• Gerges, Fawaz A., 1958-

Subject

• Djihad -- Geschichte -- 1970-2005
• Fundamentalismus
• Islam
• Islamic fundamentalism
• Islamic fundamentalism
• Djihad
• Jihad
• Jihad
• Terrorism -- Religious aspects | Islam
• Terrorism -- Religious aspects | Islam
• Terrorismus
• Islamischer Fundamentalismus -- Terror | Geschichte -- 1970-2005

Language

eng

Summary

Middle Eastern expert and media commentator Gerges takes us into the mindset of the jihadi, or holy warrior, that lies behind so many front-page headlines yet remains nearly impenetrable. Even before the 9/11 attacks, Gerges had gone in search of those whose lives were devoted to this crusade of hatred, first against their own secular governments, then against the West and the United States in particular. He talked extensively with Kamal al-Said Habib, a founder of the Jihadist Movement. Using Habib's life story, as well as the stories of dozens of other Islamic fundamentalists, Gerges's book puts a human face to events in the Middle East over the last thirty years, from the civil war in Lebanon to the war in Iraq and the terrorist attacks in London. Behind the jihadism of Habib and others, a battle is being waged for the soul of Islam itself.--From publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

322.4/2088297

Index

index present

LC call number

BP190.5.T47

LC item number

G47 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography