Transnational Political Islam: Religion, Ideology and Power
Edited by Azza Karam
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2003/11 / 176pp / DEMY (215x135mm)
ISBN: 0745316255
Critical Studies on Islam

Political Islam, to be distinguished from Islam as a culture or a religion, and from Islamic Fundamentalism, is an increasingly important feature of the western political scene. The ideologies of Political Islam reflect the fact that some of their adherents live and work within a Western socio-political context. Although Political Islam has been widely written about in Muslim countries, very little has been published the West, and this book attempts to redress that imbalance. / With a range of outstanding contributors that includes academics and human rights advocates, this book tackles the diversity of Islamist thinking and practice in various Western countries, including Germany, Sweden, the UK, Bosnia, and the US, and explores their transnational connections in both East and West. The book analyses developments in Islamist thinking and activities, and their connections to the latest global political and economic trends, and discusses future evolutions of the ideology and its manifestations.

Series editor of Islamic series Lecturer in Politics (Middle East, Islamic, and Gender Studies), QueensUniversity Belfast Programme Manager at the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict (Middle East and Gender). Author and editor of four books 1996 to 1999

I. Why Transnational? Why Political Islam?
II. Case Studies/Issues from the North
III Case Studies from the South
IV Futures of Transnational Political Islam / Bibliography / Index