A Quietist Jihadi

A Quietist Jihadi
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781139510899
ISBN-13 : 1139510894
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Book Synopsis A Quietist Jihadi by : Joas Wagemakers

Download or read book A Quietist Jihadi written by Joas Wagemakers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 9/11, the Jordanian Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (b. West Bank, 1959) has emerged as one of the most important radical Muslim thinkers alive today. While al-Maqdisi may not be a household name in the West, his influence amongst like-minded Muslims stretches across the world from Jordan - where he lives today - to Southeast Asia. His writings and teachings on Salafi Islam have inspired terrorists from Europe to the Middle East, including Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, the former leader of al-Qa'ida in Iraq, and Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden's successor as the head of al-Qa'ida Central. This groundbreaking book, which is the first comprehensive assessment of al-Maqdisi, his life, ideology, and influence, is based on his extensive writings and those of other jihadis, as well as on interviews that the author conducted with (former) jihadis, including al-Maqdisi himself. It is a serious and intense work of scholarship that uses this considerable archive to explain and interpret al-Maqdisi's particular brand of Salafism. More broadly, the book offers an alternative, insider perspective on the rise of radical Islam, with a particular focus on Salafi opposition movements in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.


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