Postmodernism and Islam: Predicament and Promise

Religion & Spirituality

Akbar Ahmed

Religious Studies

Penguin??Books

<p>Now reissued with a new introduction, Discovering Islam is a classic account of how the history of Islam and its relations with the West have shaped Islamic society today. Islam is often caricatured as aggressive and fanatic. Written in the tradition of Ibn Khaldun, this readable and wide-ranging book balances that image, uncovers the roots of Islamic discontent and celebrates the sources of its strength. From the four "ideal Caliphs" who succeeded the Prophet to the refugee camps of Peshawar, an objective picture emerges of the main features of Muslim history and the compulsions of Muslim society.</p>

Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society

Reference

Routledge

JOURNEY INTO ISLAM: THE GRISIS OF GLOBALIZATION

Penguin books.India

The United States declared war on terrorism in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. More than ten years later, the results are decidedly mixed. In The Thistle and the Drone, Akbar Ahmed reveals a tremendously important yet largely unrecognized adverse effect of these campaigns: they actually have exacerbated the already-broken relationship between central governments and the tribal societies on their periphery. Drawing on forty case studies, this groundbreaking analysis demonstrates that it is the conflict between the centre and the periphery and the involvement of the United States that has fuelled the war on terror. No one is immune to this violence neither school children, nor congregations in their houses of worship. Battered by military or drone strikes one day and suicide bombers the next, people on the periphery say, Every day is like 9/11 for us.

The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

HarperCollins, Publishers

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