Research Catalog

Title

Islam and the West : reflections from Australia / edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh and Samina Yasmeen.

Publication

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Akbarzadeh, Shahram
• Yasmin, Samina.

Description

xvii, 186 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Islam and the West presents a multi-layered approach to the relationship between Muslims and Western states." "At the global level, it investigates the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, along with the implications of the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, and examines transnational Islamic movements such as al-Muhajiroun."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Muslim
• 2001
• Islam and world politics
• Muslims > Political activity
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence
• Islamic countries > Politics and government
• Western countries > Relations > Islamic countries
• Islamic countries > Relations > Western countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliography (p. 173-182) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Islam on the global stage / Shahram Akbarzadeh -- Islam and the West : containing the rage? / Amin Saikal -- In search of the caliphate / Kylie Baxter and Shahram Akbarzadeh -- Islamic groups and Pakistan's foreign policy : Lashkar-e Toiba and Jaish Mohammad / Samina Yasmeen -- Islamic religious education and the debate on its reform post-Septmeber 11 / Abdullah Saeed -- The future of political Islam in Afghanistan / William Maley -- The "war on terror" in Malaysia / Osman Bakar -- Jemaah Islamiyah terrorism and radical Islamism in Indonesia / Greg Barton -- Australian Islam, the new global terrorism and the limits of citizenship / Michael Humphrey -- Citizenship, identity and belonging in contemporary Australia / Fethi Mansouri -- Islam and the West : some reflections / Samina Yasmeen.

ISBN

0868406791

LCCN

^^2005434676

OCLC

• 61261580
• SCSB-11213298

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library