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Hizbu'llah
Amal Saad-Ghorayeb
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Description for Hizbu'llah
paperback. 'Her dissection of Hizbullah's worldview is instructive. She treads carefully.' - The Jerusalem Post Series: Critical Studies on Islam. Num Pages: 264 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HRH; JPW; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Hizbu'llah is the largest and most prominent political party in Lebanon, and one of the most renowned Islamist movements in the world. In this book, Amal Saad-Ghorayeb examines the organisation's understanding of jihad and how this, together with its belief in martyrdom, brought about the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Lebanon in May 2000.
Saad-Ghorayeb explores the nature of the party's struggle against the West by studying its views on the use of violence against Westerners. Crucially, she also addresses the question of whether Hizbu'llah depicts this struggle in purely political or civilisational terms. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Critical Studies on Islam
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745317922
SKU
V9780745317922
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About Amal Saad-Ghorayeb
Amal Saad-Ghorayeb is Assistant Professor at the Lebanese American University.
Reviews for Hizbu'llah
'A fine exposition of the evolution, the religious and political philosophy of one of the most important movements in the contemporary Middle East'
Tribune 'This is one of the very best works on the subject'
Middle East International 'The most detailed and scholarly analysis to date of the ideology of the Lebanese Shi'a radical Hizb'ullah'
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Tribune 'This is one of the very best works on the subject'
Middle East International 'The most detailed and scholarly analysis to date of the ideology of the Lebanese Shi'a radical Hizb'ullah'
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