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Fereydoun Hoveyda - The Broken Crescent: The Threat of Militant Islamic Fundamentalism - 9780275979027 - KMK0001959
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The Broken Crescent: The Threat of Militant Islamic Fundamentalism

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Description for The Broken Crescent: The Threat of Militant Islamic Fundamentalism Paperback. This text explores the historical and contemporary causes of militant Islamic fundamentalism. It also shows why, despite their terrorist attacks on the West, fundamentalists are even more dangerous to Muslim countries that want to join the global economy. Series: Praeger Security International. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM9; HRH; JPF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Militant Islamic fundamentalists blame the ills of their societies on the West, calling for the overthrow of local governments and the resumption of Jihad against the Infidels. Ambassador Hoveyda explores the historical and contemporary causes of the current wave of militant Islamic fundamentalism. If Western colonization and economic domination of the 19th and 20th centuries are to be blamed for the predicament of Muslim countries, Hoveyda asserts that Muslims also bear a great responsibility for their situation. This book shows how the triumph of fundamentalist interpretations of the Koran in the 12th century triggered the gradual decline of Islamic ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Condition
Used, Like New
Series
Praeger Security International
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780275979027
SKU
KMK0001959
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About Fereydoun Hoveyda
FEREYDOUN HOVEYDA is Senior Fellow with the National Committee on American Foreign Policy. He also is a former Iranian Ambassador to the UN (1971-1978). A widely published author of fiction and nonfiction, his Les neiges du Sinai won the Leopold Senghor Award in 1973.

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