The Islamic Threat

Myth or Reality?

Bibliographic Data

ID20002980
AuthorsJohn L Esposito (corresponding author)
Year1999
Pages328
Publication date1999-10-07
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Islamic threat (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressNew York, NY (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780195130768.001.0001
OpenAlexW4388437091
Open LibraryOL24752990M
ISBN9780195130768
LanguageEN
Citations received264

Are Islam and the West on a collision course? From the Ayatollah Khomeini to Saddam Hussein, the image of Islam as a militant, expansionist, and rabidly anti-American religion has gripped the minds of Western governments and media. But these perceptions, John L. Esposito writes, stem from a long history of mutual distrust, criticism, and condemnation, and are far too simplistic to help us understand one of the most important political issues of our time. In this new edition of The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?, Esposito places the challenge of Islam in critical perspective. Exploring the vitality of this religion as a global force and the history of its relations with the West, Esposito demonstrates the diversity of the Islamic resurgence--and the mistakes our analysts make in assuming a hostile, monolithic Islam. This third edition has been expanded to include new material on current affairs in Turkey, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Southeast Asia, as well as a discussion of international terrorism

Archaeology · Distrust · Expansionism · History of Islam · Ideology · Islam · Jihadism · Militant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Schism · Sociology · Terrorism · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · 11.80 Islam: general · 15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general · 20th century · Dictionaries · Dictionnaires anglais · Europe · foreign countries · Fundamentalisme · Genetics · Genetique · International Relations · Islamic countries · Politieke conflicten · Relations