Sword of Islam

This book presents itself as an academic work, with 14 pages of endnotes, a 12-page bibliography, and a detailed 18-page index. While pretending to distinguish between Islam as a religion and Muslims on the one hand, and Islamic extremism on the other, these elements are mixed up throughout the boo...

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Autor principal: Rachad Antonius
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f92b0c2339a843ac8135689203379a0f2021-12-02T19:41:28ZSword of Islam10.35632/ajis.v21i3.17822690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/f92b0c2339a843ac8135689203379a0f2004-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1782https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 This book presents itself as an academic work, with 14 pages of endnotes, a 12-page bibliography, and a detailed 18-page index. While pretending to distinguish between Islam as a religion and Muslims on the one hand, and Islamic extremism on the other, these elements are mixed up throughout the book. In addition, every instance of Arab or Muslim resistance to occupation or oppression is put under the global category of “Muslim extremism,” a term that has already acquired a connotation of violence due to the book’s title. The book is a collection of anecdotal evidence, personal opinions, hearsay, and interviews and quotes from “anonymous sources” that are presumably available to the author, who is engaged in intelligence work. Although filled with details about political violence and terrorism (without distinguishing between the two terms) that can be found in the popular press, it is, however, full of gross mistakes and errors. Thus, the information found in it is unreliable. Moreover, the overall interpretation of events reflects a deep ignorance of the meanings of historical events for the people concerned. Some quotations will illustrate this brief assessment ... Rachad AntoniusInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 21, Iss 3 (2004)
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description This book presents itself as an academic work, with 14 pages of endnotes, a 12-page bibliography, and a detailed 18-page index. While pretending to distinguish between Islam as a religion and Muslims on the one hand, and Islamic extremism on the other, these elements are mixed up throughout the book. In addition, every instance of Arab or Muslim resistance to occupation or oppression is put under the global category of “Muslim extremism,” a term that has already acquired a connotation of violence due to the book’s title. The book is a collection of anecdotal evidence, personal opinions, hearsay, and interviews and quotes from “anonymous sources” that are presumably available to the author, who is engaged in intelligence work. Although filled with details about political violence and terrorism (without distinguishing between the two terms) that can be found in the popular press, it is, however, full of gross mistakes and errors. Thus, the information found in it is unreliable. Moreover, the overall interpretation of events reflects a deep ignorance of the meanings of historical events for the people concerned. Some quotations will illustrate this brief assessment ...
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