Is Islam an enemy of the west?

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Label

Is Islam an enemy of the west?

Statement of responsibility

Tamara Sonn

Creator

• Sonn, Tamara, 1949-

Author

• Sonn, Tamara, 1949-

Subject

• Islam -- 21st century
• Islam and politics
• Islam and politics
• Islamic countries
• Islamic countries -- Politics and government
• Jihad
• Jihad
• Politics and government
• Terrorism -- Religious aspects | Islam
• Terrorism -- Religious aspects | Islam
• 2000-2099
• Islam

Language

eng

Summary

New York, Washington, Madrid, London and now Paris - the list of Western cities targeted by radical Islamic terrorists waging global jihad continues to grow. Does this extreme violence committed in the name of Islam point to a fundamental enmity between the Muslim faith and the West? In this compelling essay, leading scholar of Islam Tamara Sonn argues that whilst the West has many enemies among Muslims, it is politics not religion that informs their grievances. The longer these demands remain frustrated, the more violence has escalated and recruitment to groups like Islamic State has increased. Far from quelling the spread of Islamic extremism, Western military intervention has helped to turn nationalist movements into radical terrorist groups with international agendas. Islam, Sonn concludes, is not the problem, just as war is not the solution. (Publisher)

Member of

• Global futures series

Cataloging source

DGU/DLC

Dewey number

297.09/05

Index

index present

LC call number

BP161.3

LC item number

.S66 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Global futures