Counter Jihad

Counter Jihad
Author: Brian Glyn Williams
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 0812248678

Counter Jihad provides a sweeping account of America's military campaigns in the Islamic world and fills a gaping void in our understanding of the War on Terror.

Soldiers of a Different God

Soldiers of a Different God
Author: Christopher Othen
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2018-08-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1445678004

The untold story of how an unlikely anti-Islamic alliance of gay activists, feminists, fascists, evangelical Christians, populist politicians, and surfing rabbis from California fuelled the rise of the hard right across Europe and gave us President Donald J Trump.

What Is Islamophobia?

What Is Islamophobia?
Author: Narzanin Massoumi
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Islam
ISBN: 9780745399584

Reveals the endemic nature of Islamophobia in the West across various sections of society, both left and right

A Neo-nationalist Network

A Neo-nationalist Network
Author: Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2013
Genre: Ethnocentrism
ISBN:

The rise of this self-described "counter-jihad" movement in Europe, which seeks to combat the perceived threat of "Islamization" through Europe-wide protests and awareness and advocacy campaigns, has added a new and complex element to the study of the far-right in Europe. The concept has spread to the continent, and Scandinavia in particular, where Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish defense leagues have emerged. This report outlines the history, influence, and the potential dangers the movement poses. This loosely-organized, decentralized network of sympathetic far-right groups and political parties has used the internet to coalesce into a more effective and international anti-Islam movement, not of racism, but of cultural nationalism. Recently its leading members have established international umbrella organizations in an effort to shift more of the movement's activism from the virtual into the physical world.

Your Sons Are at Your Service

Your Sons Are at Your Service
Author: Aaron Y. Zelin
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0231550499

Tunisia became one of the largest sources of foreign fighters for the Islamic State—even though the country stands out as a democratic bright spot of the Arab uprisings and despite the fact that it had very little history of terrorist violence within its borders prior to 2011. In Your Sons Are at Your Service, Aaron Y. Zelin uncovers the longer history of Tunisian involvement in the jihadi movement and offers an in-depth examination of the reasons why so many Tunisians became drawn to jihadism following the 2011 revolution. Zelin highlights the longer-term causes that affected jihadi recruitment in Tunisia, including the prior history of Tunisians joining jihadi organizations and playing key roles in far-flung parts of the world over the past four decades. He contends that the jihadi group Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia was able to take advantage of the universal prisoner amnesty, increased openness, and the lack of governmental policy toward it after the revolution. In turn, this provided space for greater recruitment and subsequent mobilization to fight abroad once the Tunisian government cracked down on the group in 2013. Zelin marshals cutting-edge empirical findings, extensive primary source research, and on-the-ground fieldwork, including a variety of documents in Arabic going as far back as the 1980s and interviews with Ansar al-Sharia members and Tunisian fighters returning from Syria. The first book on the history of the Tunisian jihadi movement, Your Sons Are at Your Service is a meticulously researched account that challenges simplified views of jihadism’s appeal and success.

The Global Jihad Movement

The Global Jihad Movement
Author: Rohan Gunaratna
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2015-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442245425

Three to four dozen international and local organizations, up to one hundred thousand individuals, and millions of supporters are part of the phenomenon of Global Jihad. The Global Jihad Movement endeavors to name and differentiate these organizations and to explain their infrastructure, operational capabilities, and activities. It also analyzes their mutual and multi-lateral relations inside and outside the “jihadi framework.” In essence, this is a “who’s who” in the Global Jihad. The first section deals with ideology, focusing on the emergence of the Salafi and the Salafi-jihadi ideologies, which are still the most important factors behind the operational performance of Global Jihadi elements. The second section addresses the “affiliate groups” of al-Qaeda, such as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and al-Qaeda in Iraq. This section focuses mainly on the groups that adopted al-Qaeda’s Global Jihad strategy by incorporating Western targets in their vicinity of operations in their targeting policies. The next section discusses the different jihad arenas that have emerged over the last three decades, absorbing jihadi fighters from Islamic communities around the world. Finally, tThe last section examines the long process of radicalization, from regular and normative lifestyle patterns to the final jihadi stage—which in many cases involves martyrdom as suicide bombers in the name of radical Islam.

Jihad and International Security

Jihad and International Security
Author: J. Roshandel
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2006-10-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781403971913

This book explores the global jihad movement and its emergence in the latter half of the twentieth century. Roshandel and Chadha investigate the nature and extent of this threat, tracing its religious and ideological roots, relevant history, and its goals.

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah
Author: Robin Wright
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439103178

"With a new epilogue, The Morning After"--Cover.

Understanding Jihad

Understanding Jihad
Author: David Cook
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2005-05-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520244486

Jihad is one of the most loaded and misunderstood terms in the news today. Contrary to popular understanding, the term does not mean "holy war." Nor does it simply refer to the inner spiritual struggle. This book, judiciously balanced, accessibly written, and highly relevant to today's events, unravels the tangled historical, intellectual, and political meanings of jihad. Looking closely at a range of sources from sacred Islamic texts to modern interpretations, [This book] opens a critically important perspective on the role of Islam in the contemporary world. [The author] also describes some of the conflicts that occur in radical groups and shows how the more mainstream supporters of these groups have come to understand and justify violence.-Back cover.