Understanding Radical Islam: Medieval Ideology in the Twenty-First Century

by Brian R. Farmer

In the early twenty-first century, perhaps no political ideology has become more important - yet less understood - in the Western world than Radical Islam or Islamism, the fundamentalist ideology that holds the jihad or Holy War against infidels as the ultimate service to God and the highest obligation of every Muslim. Understanding Radical Islam outlines and discusses the major tenets, segments, developments, problems, and contradictions surrounding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820488437
• ISBN13: 9780820488431
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"