{"product_id":"modern-islamist-movements-9781405117425","title":"Modern Islamist Movements","description":"\u003ci\u003eModern Islamist Movements\u003c\/i\u003e provides a clear and accessible examination of the history, beliefs and rationale of Islamist Groups and their grievances with the West and governments within the majority-Muslim world, while examining some of these groups' visions for a global Islamic empire. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA clear and accessible text that examines the history, beliefs and rationale for violence emerging from Islamist movements, while examining some of these groups' visions for a global Islamic empire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines Islamist grievances against the West and modern governments in the majority Muslim world, while providing an overview of Islam's relations with the West from the period of the Crusades to the modern age\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the historic development of Islamism in Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains classic Islamic understandings of jihad and Bin Laden's, al-Qaida's, and other Islamists interpretations of this concept\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an historical account of the formative relationship between al-Qaida, other Islamists, and Islamic intellectual trends beginning in the eighteenth century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAppropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as interested general readers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Armajani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405117425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Armajani\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDynamic Islam: Liberal Muslim Perspectives in a Transnational Age\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) and, with James E. Lindsay, co-editor of and contributor to \u003ci\u003eHistorical Dimensions of Islam: Pre-Modern and Modern Periods; Essays in Honor of R. Stephen Humphreys\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). He has also made contributions to scholarly journals and encyclopedias in Islamic Studies and Religious Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44306079219827,"sku":"9781405117425","price":79.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6f66075b-40e0-4b67-a15a-34f817ef207c.jpg?v=1770989745","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/modern-islamist-movements-9781405117425","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}