The Borders of Islam: Exploring Huntington's Faultlines, from Al-Andalus to the Virtual Ummah - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231154224 ISBN 13: 9780231154222

Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr, 2010

Synopsis

"In The Clash of Civilizations, Samuel Huntington argued that the borders between Western and Islamic civilizations would one day become the loci of cultural conflict. The statements of Osama Bin-Laden would seem to support this view. "This battle is not between al-Qaeda and the U.S.," he famously said in October of 2001. "This is a battle of Muslims against the Global Crusaders."" "These specially commissioned essays critically examine the virtual and actual borders of Islamic civilization. Contributorsconcentrate on local dynamics and whether they support or contradict an emerging global confrontation between Islam and its Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and secular neighbors. They consider borders that host Muslim majorities (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Somalia, Pakistan, and Turkey), those that have significant Muslim minorities (Philippines, Nigeria, and India), and those that reflect new faultlines created by migration to France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spainor by advances in technology." "Essays explore the rise of international Salafi jihadism and whether it can be traced to countries that straddle the Islamic and non-Islamic world. In conclusion, the contributors argue that mechanisms far more complex than those described in Huntington's Clash of Civilizations influence many border regions, suggesting that, while poverty and institutional failure heighten religious awareness and practice, the actual effects of these phenomena are entirely different."--BOOK JACKET.

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Review

Using Samuel Huntington's thesis as a springboard for each chapter the volume has unity and consistency that is rare in an edited volume. . . Of particular insight is the section on Islam in Africa--too often an ignored continent in general books on political Islam. The chapter by Elena Arigita is also noteworthy, bringing together Spain's Islamic past with the security-conscious present. (International Affairs)

About the Author

Stig Jarle Hansen, a specialist in Islamic philosophy as well as political Islam in Somalia, is currently a Senior Researcher at the NIBR Institutein Oslo, Norway. Atle Mesoy is a researcher in political Islam. Tuncay Karadas teaches at Sakarya University where he specializes on Turkish security, political theory and Islam.

Edition details

• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231154224
• ISBN 13: 9780231154222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 388
• Editor: Hansen Stig Jarle, Mesoy Atle, Kardas Tuncay