Political Islam, world politics and Europe democratic peace and Euro-Islam versus global jihad /
This book is concerned with political Islam and in particular the global challenges posed by Islamists and Jihadists. There is special emphasis on the philosophical and political conflict in Europe between an Islamist agenda and democratic values. Bassam Tibi makes clear that the problem is not Isla...
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London ; New York :
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2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Impact of the Politicization of Islam on World Politics as a Context for Europe and Islam
- Part One: The Conflict within Islamic Civilization between Jihadism and Democracy. Its Pertinence to World Politics and to the Islam-Diaspora in Europe: Obstacles and Solutions 1. From Classical Jihad to Global Jihadism in an Invention of Tradition for Mapping the World into Dar al-Islam 2. Polity and Rule: The Islamic Quest for Civil Society and for Democracy against Hakimiyyat Allah as the Islamic System of Totalitarian Government Part Two: Political Islam Enters World Politics: Global Jihadism as an Islamist Internationalism in its Sunni and Shi'ite Varieties as a Challenge to Safe Democracy and International Security 3. The World-Political Sunni-Fallacy: Jihadist Internationalism as a Cosmic War of Irregulars for Remaking the World 4. The Shi'i Option: Internationalism for an Export of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. A Failed Effort! Part Three: Europe as a Battlefield for the Competing Options: Islamization versus Europeanization Resulting in Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam? 5. Political Islam and Europe in the Twenty-First Century: The Return of History as the Return of Civilizations into World Affairs 6. The European Diaspora of Muslim Migrants and the Idea of Europe: Could They Become Europeans by Choice? Euro-Islam, Legal Citizenship and Citizens of Heart 7. Political Islam and Democracy's Decline to a Voting Procedure. The Political Culture of Democracy is the Solution for Islamic Civilization Notes Bibliography.