Islam: The People, Culture, and Politics

ISLAM: THE PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND POLITICS

June 2006

Compiled by Glenda Armstrong
Bibliographer, Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center
Maxwell AFB, AL

Contents

General Information

History

The Qur'an

Islam and Christianity

Jihad

Matyrdom

Politics and Government

Radical Political Islam

Terrorism and Islam

Women in Islam

Islam and the West

Afghanistan

Africa

Asia

Europe, Eastern and Western

Middle East and Gulf States

Turkey

United States

For older material, see the Center's bibliography on Islam (2003)

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General Information

Internet Resources

Armstrong, Glenda. Suicide Terrorism Bibliography. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University Library, 2004.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/terrsuic/suite.htm

British Broadcasting Corporation. Religion & Ethics - Islam.
Available online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/
Information on history, customs, beliefs, worship and holy days.

Fordham University. Medieval Sourcebook: Islam.
Available online at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1d.html
The entire Qur'an is available on audio.

Islam 101.
Available online at: http://www.islam101.com/
Information on Islamic theology, human relations, select disciplines and comparative religion.

Islam and the Institutions of a Free Society. Independent Review 10:59-82 Summer 2005.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17408002
Discusses whether the institutions of a free society are compatible with the values of Islam. Muslim values are reviewed and the prospects for establishing democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq are considered.

Islam.com.
Available online at: http://www.islam.com/
Introduction to Islam, attributes of Allah, chronology of events in the life of Muhammad and Muslim festivals.

Islam Guide: A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, Muslims, & the Quran.
Available online at: http://www.islam-guide.com/
This Islamic guide is for non-Muslims who would like to understand Islam, Muslims, and the Holy Quran.

Islam Page.
Available online at: http://www.islamworld.net/
A categorized listing of useful links on Islam, its beliefs and practices.

IslamOnline.net.
Available online at: http://www.islamonline.net/english/index.shtml
News, living Shari'ah, health and science and art and culture.

Lisotta, Christopher. Radical Islam in Your Backyard. Advocate May 23, 2006.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=21076143

Pell, George. Islam and Us. First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion & Public Life June-July 2006.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20969707
Discusses the nature of Islamic ideology as challenged within the Western democracies for both Muslims and non-Muslims to live together peacefully.

The Religion of Islam.
Available online at: http://www.religioustolerance.org/islam.htm
About Islam, its origins, Muhammad, beliefs and practices, schools and holy days.

University of Georgia. Islam and Islamic Studies Resources.
Available online at: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/
Information for the study of Islam, Qur'an, hadith, the Sunnah, Shi'ism, Sufism, Islam in the modern world, militant Islam, jihad, Islamist or extremist Muslims, Muslim women, Islamic art and architecture, music, history, theology, philosophy and Islamic languages.

Young, Cathy. The Jihad Against Muslims. Reason June 2006.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=21061872
Focuses on criticism against the Islam religion. Argues that such criticism often takes the cover of anti-jihadism.

Books

Aslan, Reza. No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam. New York, Random House, 2005. 310 p.
Explains Islam in all "its complexity, beauty, and compassion."
Book call no.: 297 A835n

Bennett, Clinton. Muslims and Modernity: An Introduction to the Issues and Debates. New York, Continuum, 2005. 286 p.
Book call no.: 297.27 B471m

Dogmas and Dreams: A Reader in Modern Political Ideologies, edited by Nancy S. Love. Washington, CQ Press, 2006. 742 p.
Part Eight: Nationalism and Globalization offers eight essays that discuss among others, religion and maintenance of boundaries in Islam, the origins of terrorism, and jihad versus the United States.
Book call no.: 320.5 D654

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, edited by Richard C. Martin. New York, Macmillan Reference USA;Thomson/Gale, 2004. 2 vols.
Book call no.: R 909.097671 E56

Fierro, Maribel. Makers of the Muslim World: 'Adb al-Rahman III The First Cordoban Caliph. Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 2005. 150 p.
Book call no.: 946.02 F465a

Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn. Islamic Societies in Practice. Gainesville, FL, University Press of Florida, 2004. 256 p.
Book call no.: 297.0962 F646i 2004

Grieve, Paul. A Brief Guide to Islam: History, Faith and Politics: The Complete Introduction. New York, Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2006. 433 p.
Book call no.: 297 G848b

Islam, edited by Mitchell Young. Farmington Hills, MI, Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, 2006. 237 p.
Book call no.: 297 I825

Islam: Religions and Religious Movements, edited by Mitchell Young. New York, Greenhaven Press, 2006. 237 p.
Book call no.: 297 I825

Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity, edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Barbara Freyer Stowasser. New York, AltaMira Press, 2004. 264 p.
Book call no.: 340.59 I82

Islamic Thought in the Twentieth Century, edited by Suha Taji-Farouki and Basheer M. Nafi. New York, I. B. Tauris, 2004. 387 p.
Book call no.: 297.26 I821

Kuran, Timur. Islam & Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism. Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univesity Press, 2004. 194 p.
Discusses the politics of Islamic economics. Offers five essays including ones on the genesis of Islamic economics in communal politics as a justification for cultural separatism, how Islamic banks operate and how economic justice would fare in the proposed Islamic economic system.
Book call no.: 330.91767 K96i

Menezes, J. L. The Life and Religion of Mohammed: The Prophet of Arabia. Fort Collins, CO, Roman Catholic Books, 2005. 194 p.
Book call no.: 297.63 M543L

The Muslim World after 9-11, edited by Angel M. Rabzas. Santa Monica, CA, Rand Project Air Force, 2004. 525 p.
Book call no.: 327.73056 M987

The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims, edited by Robert Spencer. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2005. 593 p.
Focuses on pervasive legal and cultural oppression of non-Muslims in Islamic societies.
Book call no.: 297.28 M999

Peters, Rudolph. Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005. 219 p.
Book call no.: 345.167 P483c

Pioneers of Islamic Revival, edited by Ali Rahnema. New York, Zed Books, 2005. 279 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 D662 2005

Qutb, Sayyid. Basic Principles of the Islamic Worldview. North Haledon, NJ, Islamic Publications International, 2006. 230 p.
A concise presentation of seven characteristics of Islamic thought, illustrated with the citation of relevant Qur'anic verses. Translated by Rami David. Preface by Hamid Algar.
Book call no.: 297.2 Q9b

Qutb, Sayyid. Islam: The Religion of the Future. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations, 1984. 127 p.
Book call no.: 297.29 Q9i

Qutb, Sayyid. The Islamic Concept and Its Characteristics. Plainfield, IN, American Trust Publications, 1991. 210 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 Q9i

Renard, John. Historical Dictionary of Sufism. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 2005. 351 p.
Includes more than 1,000 entries on the history, major figures, institutions, theology, and literary works associated with Sufism, Islam's mystical tradition.
Book call no.: 297.09 R394h

Rippin, Andrew. Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. New York, Routledge, 2005. 371 p.
Book call no.: 297 R593m

Robinson, Chase F. Makers of the Muslim World: 'Abd al-Malik. Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 2005. 139 p.
Book call no.: 909.09767 R658a

Ruthven, Malise and Nanji, Azim. Historical Atlas of Islam. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2004. 1 vol.
Book call no.: R 911 1767 R976h

Saeed, Abdullah and Saeed, Hassan. Freedom of Religion, Apostasy and Islam. Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing Company, 2004. 227 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 S127f

Sajoo, Amyn B. Muslim Ethics: Emerging Vistas. New York, I. B. Tauris, 2004. 164 p.
Book call no.: 297.5 S158m

Sardar, Ziauddin. Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim. London, Granta Publications, 2004. 354 p.
Book call no.: 297.092 S244d

Sharms, Sunil. Makers of the Muslim World: Amir Khusaraw The Poet of Sufis and Sultans. Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 2005. 140 p.
Book call no.: 891.5511 S531a

Smock, David R. Ijtihad: Reinterpreting Islamic Principles for the Twenty-First Century. Washington, United States Institute of Peace, August 2004. 8 p.
Special Report 125.
Book call no.: 340.59 S666i

Watson, John. Listening to Islam with Thomas Merton, Sayyid Qutb, Kenneth Cragg and Ziauddin Sardar: Praise, Reason and Reflection. Portland, OR, Sussex Academic Press, 2005. 109 p.
Book call no.: 297 W339L

Waugh, Earle H. Memory, Music, and Religion: Morocco's Mystical Chanters. Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press, 2005. 260 p.
Explores the rich vein of Islam in Morocco - the mystical chanters.
Book call no.: 297.4 W354m

Documents

Leach, Walter H. America's Call to Islam in the Middle East: The Information War. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2005. 26 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA432318
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 L4341a

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Islamic Religious Schools, Madrasas: Background, by Christopher M. Blanchard. Washington, Congressional Research Service, 2004. 6 p.
Also available online at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21654.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no. 04-RS21654.pdf

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya, by Christopher M. Blanchard. Washington, Congressional Research Service, 2004. 6 p.
Also available online at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21695.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no. 04-RS21695

Periodicals

Hallaq, Wael B. Juristic Authority vs State Power: The Legal Crisis of Modern Islam. Journal of Law and Religion 19:243-258 2003-2004.
Discusses the implications of the dislocation between the two perceptions of legal authority for Muslim societies; types of Islamic authority; nature of the relationship between law and political governance in Islam; effect of modern legal reform; demise of the Shari'a.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=15524800

Sharia Law's Place in Islam. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 9-11, March 2006.

History

Books

Caner, Ergun Mehmet and Caner, Emir Fethi. Christian Jihad. Grand Rapids, MI, Kregel Publications, 2004. 240 p.
Book call no.: 270 C221c

Drummond, Richard Henry. Islam for the Western Mind: Understanding Muhammad and the Koran. Charlottesville, VA, Hampton Roads Pub. Co, 2005. 253 p.
Surveys the life and times of Muhammad and the rise of Islam, including the prophet's visions and the politics that shaped his message.
Book call no.: 297 D795i

Farber, David. Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2005. 212 p.
Book call no.: 955.0542 F219t

Friedman, Saul S. A History of the Middle East. Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Company, 2006. 341 p.
See chapters 14 - 17 on Islam and chapter 35 on radical Arab states.
Book call no.: 956 F911L

Gil, Moshe. Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages. Boston, Brill, 2004. 828 p.
Translated from the Hebrew by David Strassler.
Book call no.: 305.892 G463j

Gordon, Matthew S. The Rise of Islam. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 2005. 180 p.
Book call no.: 297.09 M644r

Grieve, Paul. A Brief Guide to Islam: History, Faith and Politics: The Complete Introduction. New York, Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2006. 433 p.
Book call no.: 297 G848b

Kaylan, Muammer. The Kemalists: Islamic Revival and the Fate of Secular Turkey. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2005. 482 p.
Book call no.: 956.103 K23k

Kennedy, Hugh N. When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty. Cambridge, MA, Da capo Press, 2005. 326 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 K35w

Lockman, Zachary. Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004. 308 p.
Book call no.: 956.0072 L816c

Majid, Anouar. Freedom and Orthodoxy: Islam and Difference in the Post-Andalusian Age. Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2004. 270 p.
Book call no.: 306.0917 M233f

Mazower, Mark. Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. 490 p.
Book call no.: 949.5 M476s

Milton-Edwards, Beverley. Islamic Fundamentalism since 1945. New York, Routledge, 2005. 158 p.
Analyzes the roots and emergence of the new Islamic movements and the main thinkers that inspired them.
Book call no.: 297.09045 M662i

Milton, Giles. White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. 316 p.
Book call no.: 306.3620964 M662w

Nigosian, S. A. Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2004. 178 p.
Book call no.: 297 N688i

Orfalea, Gregory. The Arab Americans: A History. Northampton, MA, Olive Branch Press, 2006. 500 p.
Book call no.: 305.8927073 O67a

Rai, Mridu. Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2004. 335 p.
Book call no.: 297.09546 R149h

Ruthven, Malise and Nanji, Azim. Historical Atlas of Islam. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2004. 1 vol.
Book call no.: R 911 1767 R976h

Sonn, Tamara. A Brief History of Islam. Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing, 2004. 203 p.
Book call no.: 297.09 S699b

Sukran, Vahide. Islam in Modern Turkey: An Intellectual Biography of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, edited by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 2005. 424 p.
Book call no.: 92 N974s

Wheatcroft, Andrew. Infidels: A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam. New York, Random House, 2004. 427 p.
Book call no.: 261.27 W556i

The Qur'an

Books

Esack, Farid. The Qur'an: A User's Guide: A Guide to Its Key Themes, History and Interpretation. Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 2005. 214 p.
Book call no.: 297.12261 E74qu

Miller, Dave. The Quran Unveiled. Montgomery, AL, Apologetics Press, 2005. 296 p.
Book call no.: 297.1226 M647q

Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur'an, edited by Suha Taji-Farouki. London, Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2004. 342 p.
Book call no.: 297.1226 M689

Saeed, Abdullah. Interpreting the Qur'an: Towards a Contemporary Approach. New York, Routledge, 2006. 192 p.
Book call no.: 297.122601 S127i

Schwartz-Barcott, T. P. War, Terror & Peace in the Qur'an and in Islam: Insights for Military and Government Leaders. Carlisle, PA, Army War College Foundation Press, 2004. 401 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 S399w

Islam and Christianity

Books

Apostolov, Mario. The Christian-Muslim Frontier: A Zone of Contact, Conflict or Cooperation. New York, RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. 196 p.
Book call no.: 303.482176101767

Bulliet, Richard W. The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization. New York, Columbia University Press, 2004. 187 p.
Book call no.: 303.4821767101821 B937c

Caner, Ergun Mehmet and Caner, Emir Fethi. Christian Jihad. Grand Rapids, MI, Kregel Publications, 2004. 240 p.
Book call no.: 270 C221c

Dardess, George. Meeting Islam: A Guide for Christians. Brewster, MA, Paraclete Press, 2005. 242 p.
Explores some of Islam's key facts, chief concepts and practices.
Book call no.: 297.088 D216m

Fletcher, Richard A. The Cross and the Crescent: Christianity and Islam from Muhammad to the Reformation. New York, Viking, 2004. 182 p.
Shows that historically Christians portrayed Muslims as bloodthirsty pagans and Muhammad as a false prophet, while Muslims saw Christianity as a jumble of sects and conflicting stories.
Book call no.: 261.2709 F614c

Gabriel, Mark A. Jesus and Muhammad: Profound Differences and Surprising Similarities. Lake Mary, FL, Charisma House, 2004. 256 p.
Book call no.: 232 G118j

Wheatcroft, Andrew. Infidels: A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam. New York, Random House, 2004. 427 p.
Book call no.: 261.27 W556i

Periodicals

Black, Jeremy. The Western Encounter with Islam. Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs 48:19-28 Winter 2004.

Islam Suffers from Worsening Image Crisis in US. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 1-4, May 2006.

Smith, Helena. Where Muslims Pray Underground. New Statesman 135:12 April 24, 2006.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20709059

Jihad

Books

Bonney, Richard. Jihad: From Qur'an to bin Laden. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. 594 p.
"Reviews the origin of Jihad and traces its evolution as an idea within the history of the Islamic traditions worldwide, as well as analyzing how the concept of Jihad has been misapplied by modern Islamic terrorists" - book jacket.
Book call no.: 297.72 B717j

Cook, David. Understanding Jihad. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2005. 259 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 C771u

Delong-Bas, Natana J. Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad. New York, Oxford University Press, 2004. 370 p.
Book call no.: 297.814 D361w

Devji, Faisal. Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2005. 184 p.
Book call no.: 303.625 D496L

Dogmas and Dreams: A Reader in Modern Political Ideologies, edited by Nancy S. Love. Washington, CQ Press, 2006. 742 p.
Jihad Vs McWorld, by Benjamin R. Barber, pp 710-721.
Book call no.: 320.5 D654

Furnish, Timothy R. Holiest Wars: Islamic Mahdis, Their Jihads, and Osama bin Laden. Westport, CT, Praeger Publishers, 2005. 180 p.
Analyzes the Islamic messianic belief known as Mahdism, its origins, history, and current proponents and opponents. "The central messianic figure in Islam is al-Mahdi, the 'rightly-guided one' who will come near the end of historical time in order to usher in a worldwide Islamic state..." - Furnish. Also reviews the various current candidates for the title of Mahdi including bin Laden.
Book call no.: 297.24 F989h

Gerges, Fawaz A. The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005. 345 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 G367f

Gerges, Fawaz A. Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy. New York, Harcourt, Inc, 2006. 312 p.
Traces the evolution of extremist thought from the 1970s to the present - from the civil war in Lebanon to the war in Iraq that is giving Al Qaeda a new lease on life.
Book call no.: 322.42088297 G367j

Habeck, Mary R. Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror. New Haven, C T, Yale University Press, 2006. 243 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 H113k

The Just War and Jihad: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, edited by R. Joseph Hoffmann. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2006. 303 p.
A collection of multidisciplinary papers that offers different approaches to the subject of religious violence and its root causes. These examine the thesis that religion is a cause, not a cure, for conflict and warfare.
Book call no.: 201.7273 J96

The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims, edited by Andrew G. Bostom. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2005. 759 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 L496

Levitt, Matthew. Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2006. 324 p.
Book call no.: 956.953044 L666h

Musallam, Adnan A. From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism. Westport, CT, Praeger, 2005. 261 p.
Book call no.: 320.557092 M985f

Phares, Walid. Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 277 p.
Book call no.: 363.3250973 P536f

Terror and Suicide Attacks: An Islamic Perspective, edited by Ergun Capan. Somerset, NJ, The Light, 2004. 155 p.
Jihad, pp 63-80. Includes information on the modern development of the concept of Jihad, the place of Jihad in basic Islamic terminology, and the law, war, and jihad.
Book call no.: 297.27 I82

Vidino, Lorenzo. Al Qaeda in Europe: The New Battleground of International Jihad. Amherst NY, Prometheus Books, 2006. 403 p.
Book call no.: 320.557094 V653a

Periodicals

Atran, Scott. Commentary: A Failure of Imagination (Intelligence, WMDs and "Virtual Jihad"). Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29:285-300 April-May 2006.

Boycotts, Blogs and Apocalptic Jihad. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 14-16, April 2006.

Cook, David. Women Fighting in Jihad? Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 28:375-384 September-October 2005.

Hegghammer, Thomas. Global Jihadism after the Iraq War. Middle East Journal 60:11-32 Winter 2006.

Mascini, Peter. Can the Violent Jihad Do Without Sympathizers? Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29:343-357 June 2006.
Notes that the receding of sympathy for jihad will not automatically reduce it.

Nesser, Petter. Jihadism in Western Europe after the Invasion of Iraq: Tracing Motivational Influences from the Iraq War on Jihadist Terrorism in Western Europe. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29:323-342 June 2006.
Argues that the Iraq war was a significant motivational factor for terrorist acts in Western Europe, but that the terrorists linked the Iraq issue with perceived injustices against Muslims in Europe and globally.

Rauch, Jonathan. A War on Jihadism - Not 'Terror'. National Journal 38:18-19 April 15, 2006.
Argues that the US war on terror is directed against Jihadism, a religious ideology under Islam, but not synonymous with Islam.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20648026

Sendagorta, Fidel. Jihad in Europe: The Wider Context. Survival 47:63-72 Autumn 2005.

Strindberg, Anders. Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the New Political Landscape. Jane's Intelligence Review 18:16-19 April 2006.

Matyrdom

Books

Aghaie, Kamran Scot. The Martyrs of Karbala: Sh'i Symbols and Rituals in Modern Iran. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press, 2004. 200 p.
Book call no.: 297.820955 A266m

Cragg, Kenneth. Faith at Suicide: Lives Forfeit Violent Religion - Human Despair. Portland, OR, Sussex Academic Press, 2005. 179 p.
Sets out to explain how the issue of suicide belongs with the conscience of Islam today and how suicide is an inherent contradiction of our common humanity.
Book call no.: 297.23 C885f

Friedman, Lauri S. What Motivates Suicide Bombers? Detroit, MI, Greenhaven Press, 2005. 93 p.
Doc. call no.: 303.625 W555

Islamikaze: Manifestations of Islamic Martyrology, edited by Raphael Israeli. Portland, OR, Frank Cass, 2003. 494 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 I85i

Making Sense of Suicide Missions, edited by Diego Gambetta. New York, Oxford University Press, 2005. 378 p.
Investigates the organizers of suicide missions and perpetrators alike.
Book call no.: 303.625 M235

Oliver, A. M. The Road to Martyrs' Square: A Journey into the World of the Suicide Bomber. New York, Oxford University Press, 2005. 214 p.
Book call no.: 956.94054 O48r

Reuter, Christoph. My Life Is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2004. 200 p.
Book call no.: 303.625 R447m

Shai, Shaul. The Shahids: Islam and Suicide Attacks. New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Publishers, 2004. 246 p.
Foreword by Aharon Ze'evi Farkash. Translated by Rachel Lieberman.
Book call no.: 303.625 S526s

Terror and Suicide Attacks: An Islamic Perspective, edited by Ergun Capan. Somerset, NJ, The Light, 2004. 155 p.
Martyrdom - A Definition Can a Terrorist Be a Martyr?, pp 86-101. Suicide Attacks and Islam, pp 102-119.
Book call no.: 297.27 I82

Document

James-O'Neal, Lillian. Suicide Bombers: Some Were Merely Children. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2005. 24 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA432497
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 J28s

Periodicals

Hafex, Mohammed M. Rationality, Culture and Structure in the Making of Suicide Bombers: A Preliminary Theoretical Synthesis and Illustrative Case Study. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29:165-185 March 2006.

Israeli, Raphael. Palestinian Women: The Quest for a Voice in the Public Square Through "Islamikaze Martyrdom." Terrorism and Political Violence 16:66-96 Spring 2004.

Kaplan, Edward H. What Happened to Suicide Bombings in Israel? Insights from a Terror Stock Model. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 28:225-235 May-June 2005.

Lester, David. Suicide Bombers: Are Psychological Profiles Possible? Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 27:283-295 July-August 2004.

Peters, Ralph. Survival Strategy: Middle Eastern Islam, Darwin and Terrorism. Armed Forces Journal 143:42-44 February 2006.
"Suicide bombing remains overwhelmingly Islamic and Middle Eastern" - Peters. Discusses suicide bombers in the social and psychological context of Islam.

Women of Al Qaeda. Newsweek 146:26-36 December 12, 2005.
Looks at the new tactic of terrorists in using women as suicide bombers.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19056773

Politics and Government

Books

Abou Zahab, Mariam and Olivier, Roy. Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection. London, Hurst & Company, 2004. 88 p.
Book call no.: 320.550958 A155i

Afary, Janet and Anderson, Kevin B. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2005. 346 p.
Book call no.: 955.0542 A256f

Akbarzadeh, Shahram. Uzbekistan and the United States: Authoritarianism, Islamism and Washington's Security Agenda. New York, Zed Books, 2005. 166 p.
Book call no.: 320.9587 A313u

Arab & Muslim Countries: Profiles in Contrast, executive editor Diana Lady Dougan. Washington , Brookings Institution Press, 2004. 98 p.
Book call no.: 306.09174927 A658

Delong-Bas, Natana J. Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad. New York, Oxford University Press, 2004. 370 p.
Book call no.: 297.814 D361w

Dickson, David. Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Need for a New Research and Diplomatic Agenda. Washington, United States Institute of Peace, 2005. 11 p.
Provides a brief background on Islam in sub-Saharan Africa and its policy lessons for East Africa, the Horn, Nigeria, and Senegal. A future research agenda for policy analysts and overall recommendations for United States policy concludes the report.
Book call no.: 320.557096 D554p

Enayat, Hamid. Modern Islamic Political Thought, foreword by Roy P. Mottahedeh. New York, I. B. Tauris, 2005. 225 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 E56m 2005

Fetzer, Joel S. and Soper, Christopher. Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005. 208 p.
Analyzes state accommodation of Muslims' religious practices in Britain, France, and Germany; first examining three major theories: Resource Mobilization, political-opportunity structure, and ideology.
Book call no.: 322.1088297 F421m

Gerecht, Reuel Marc. The Islamic Paradox: Shiite Clerics, Sunni Fundamentalists, and the Coming of Arab Democracy. Washington, The AEI Press, 2004. 65 p.
Book call no.: 320.95609 G367i

Grare, Frederic. Pakistan: The Myth of an Islamist Peril. Washington, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, February 2006. 7 p.
Argues that Pakistan's religious political and militant organizations are manipulated by the Pakistani Army to achieve its own objectives.
Also available online at: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/45.grare.final.pdf
Book call no.: 322.5095491 G766p

Hamzawy, Amr. The Saudi Labyrinth: Evaluating the Current Political Opening. Washington, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2006. 20 p.
Discusses the actors in Saudi Arabia's political scene, recent reform measures, potential for further reform, and the role of the U.S.
Also available online at: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/CP68.hamzawy.FINAL.pdf
Book call no.: 321.809538 H232s

Haqq-an-i, Husain. Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military. Washington, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brookings Institution Press, 2005. 397 p.
Analyzes the origins of the relationship between Islamist groups and Pakistan's military.
Book call no.: 322.509549 H253p

Hassan bin Talal, El. To Be a Muslim: Islam, Peace, and Democracy, in collaboration with Alain Elkann. Brighton, England, Sussex Academic Press, 2004. 82 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 H353t

'In-ayat, Ham'id. Modern Islamic Political Thought: The Response of Sh-i'-i and Summ-i Muslims to the Twentieth Century. New York, I.B. Tauris, 2005. 225 p.
Describes and interprets some of Islam's main political ideas. Also examines the concept of an Islamic state, and the Muslim response to the challenge of alien and modern ideologies such as nationalism, democracy and socialism.
Book call no.: 297.272 E56m 2005

Islam and Global Dialogue: Religious Pluralism and the Pursuit of Peace, edited by Roger Boase. Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing Company, 2005. 310 p.
Book call no.: 297.28 I82

Islam in World Politics, edited by Nelly Lahoud and Anthony H. Johns. New York, Routledge, 2005. 198 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 I82

Islam, Judaism, and the Political Role of Religions in the Middle East, edited by John Bunzl. Gainesville, FL, University Press of Florida, 2004. 202 p.
Book call no.: 320.550956 I82

Ismail, Salwa. Rethinking Islamist Politics: Culture, the State and Islamism. New York, I. B. Tauris, 2003. 246 p.
Includes several chapters addressing politics in Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia.
Book call no.: 297.272 I83r

Kaylan, Muammer. The Kemalists: Islamic Revival and the Fate of Secular Turkey. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2005. 482 p.
Book call no.: 956.103 K23k

Kuran, Timur. Islam & Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2004. 194 p.
Discusses the politics of Islamic economics. Offers five essays including ones on the genesis of Islamic economics in communal politics as a justification for cultural separatism, how Islamic banks operate and how economic justice would fare in the proposed Islamic economic system.
Book call no.: 330.91767 K96i

Lambert, Stephen P. Y: The Sources of Islamic Revolutionary Conduct. Colorado Springs, CO, Center for Strategic Intelligence Research, Joint Military Intelligence College, April 2005. 189 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 L222y

Levitt, Matthew. Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2006. 324 p.
Book call no.: 956.953044 L666h

Lockman, Zachary. Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004. 308 p.
Book call no.: 956.0072 L816c

Marcinkowski, Ismail. Religion and Politics in Iraq: Shite Clerics Between Quietism and Resistance. Singapore, Pustaka National PET Ltd, 2004. 131 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 M319r

Milton-Edwards, Beverley. Islam and Politics in the Contemporary World. Malden, MA, Polity Press, 2004. 240 p.
Book call no.: 320.557 M662i

Milton-Edwards, Beverley. Islamic Fundamentalism since 1945. New York, Rutledge, 2005. 158 p.
Analyzes the roots and emergence of the new Islamic movements and the main thinkers that inspired them.
Book call no.: 297.09045 M662i

Ancash, Yitzhak. Reaching for Power: The She's in the Modern Arab World. Ann Arbor, MI, Pluto, 2006. 226 p.
Addresses the critical importance of She's to the U.S. endeavor for democratization of the Middle East. Note Chapter four "The Revival of She's in Lebanon."
Book call no.: 320.956 N163r

The Next Iraqi War? Sectarianism and Civil Conflict. Brussels, International Crisis Group, 2006. 43 p.
Book call no.: 956.70443 N567

Pipes, Daniel. Miniatures: Views of Islamic and Middle Eastern Politics. Piscataway NJ, Transaction Publishers, 2004. 278 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 P665m

The Politics of Islamic Finance, edited by Clement M. Henry and Rodney Wilson. Edinburgh, UK, Edinburgh University Press Ltd., 2004. 307 p.
Book call no.: 332.0917671 P769

Quit, Spayed. Milestones. Plainfield, IN, American Trust Publications, 1990. 138 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 O9m 1990

Ray, Maidu. Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2004. 335 p.
Book call no.: 297.09546 R149h

Religious Organizations and Democratization: Case Studies from Contemporary Asia, edited by Ton-Jen Cheng and Deborah A. Brown. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 2006. 306 p.
See chapters 8 and 9 for information on Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Book call no.: 322.1095 R382

Remaking Muslim Politics: Pluralism, Contestation, Democratization, edited by Robert Awl. Hefner. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2005. 358 p.
Offers 13 essays on Islamic politics including ones addressing open societies, democracy, Islamic reasoning and issues in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia and Afghanistan.
Book call no.: 320.91767 R384

Ritz, Ali. God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh. Lanham, MD, Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2004. 211 p.
Book call no.: 954.9205 R3481g

The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism, edited by Phillip Margulies. Farmington Hills, MI, Green haven Press, 2006. 224 p.
Examines the religion of Islam in Uzbekistan and the rapid rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the newly independent country. Discusses the history during the Soviet era.
Book call no.: 297.0904 R595

Rubin, Barry M. The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 296 p.
Book call no.: 320.956 R896L

Schwartz-Bardot, T. P. War, Terror & Peace in the Qur'an and in Islam: Insights for Military and Government Leaders. Carlisle, PA, Army War College Foundation Press, 2004. 401 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 S399w

Melbourne, David. The Losing Battle with Islam. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2005. 541 p.
Examines the Islamic revival from 1947 to the present, and the non-Muslim response to it. "The various forms of Arab nationalism are motivated by a desire by Muslims to determine their own destiny free of Western subordination" - Selbourne.
Book call no.: 320.557 S464L

Shepard, William E. Sayyid Qutb and Islamic Activism: A Translation and Critical Analysis of Social Justice in Islam. New York, E. J. Brill, 1996. 378 p.
Book call no.: 297.197 O9s

Thornton, William H. New World Empire: Civil Islam, Terrorism, and the Makings of Neoglobalism. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 237 p.
Book call no.: 327.7301767 T514n

Tibi, Bassam. Islam: Between Culture and Politics. New York, Palgrave, 2005. 334 p.
Book call no.: 306.697 T553ia 2005

Trofimov, Yaroslav. Faith at War: A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, from Baghdad to Timbuktu. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2005. 312 p.
Offers a portrait of the Muslim world after September 11, 2001.
Book call no.: 909.09767 T843f

Documents

Connell, Curtis C. Understanding Islam and It's Impact on Latin America. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University, 2004. 57 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA425868
Doc. call no.: M-U 42252-91 C752u

Costain, Marc D. and Anderson, Mark A. The Banality of Islamist Politics. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. 101 p.
Argues that countries victimized by political Islam can exercise a broad array of policy options to compete with political Islam. These options range from preemptive repression to defensive actions.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA424948
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 C837b

Gallaher, Paul A. Political Exclusion and Violence: The Islamist Movement in Egypt. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. 107 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA427091
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 G1621p

Hyde, Charles K. Iran: The Case for Democratic Containment. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2005. 20 p.
Discusses the evolution of US policy towards Iran and makes recommendations for a policy based on the current political environment in Iran and the unique characteristics of the Iranian constitutional system, which has increasingly pitted reformist against hard-line theocrats.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA434872
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 H993i

King, David M. What Should Be United States Policy for Iran? Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2004. 22 p.
Argues that the US may encourage collapse of the Islamic government in Iran if it can establish a stable democratic government in Iraq that is founded on Islamic principles but not controlled by Islamic clergy.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA423706
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 K521w

Newman, Robert B. Applying the 'Forward Strategy of Freedom' to Tunisia: A Case Study in the Global War on Terrorism. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2004. 20 p.
Discusses what the next step should be for the US and Tunisia in applying President Bush's "forward strategy of freedom. " Attempts to describe how Tunisia has dealt with its Islamist opposition in the past, and how it is dealing with the impact of events in neighboring Algeria. Argues that Tunisia should increase opportunities for political participation and the U.S. should actively assist.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA424391
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 N554a

Trabun, Michael A. When the West Meets Islam: Cultural Issues and Considerations for the Regional Combatant Commander. Newport, RI, Naval War College, 2004. 21 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA425936
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 T758w

Periodicals

Afghanistan's Tribal Structures - Part III. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 5-7, May 2006.

The Ambitions of Russia's Muslims. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 15-16, February 2006.

Ansari, M. Lawlessness Pervades Afghanistan. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 8-11, January 2005.
"A plethora of Afghan militant groups, with varying levels of conservatism, vie for power and the overthrow of the government.

Brownfeld, A. Next Step to Combating Afghan Drugs. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 11-12, January 2005.
"If zealous US drug warriors alienate hundreds of thousands of Afghan farmers, the Karzai government's hold on power, which is none too secure now, could become even more precarious."

The Changing Landscape of the EU. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 7-8, January 2005.
Islamism is more visible in Turkey, and young radicals are more vocal.

The Future of Hamas. Atlantic 297:33 June 2006.
Presents information on the results of a poll about Hamas.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20779883

Gearon, E. Moroccan Terrorist Links. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 5-6, January 2005.
"More than 18 months after the attacks in Casablanca, little has been done to tackle the problems that play a role in the radicalisation of numerous young Moroccans."

Hadad, Simon. The Origins of Popular Support for Lebanon's Hezbollah. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29:21-34 January-February 2006.

Jenkins, Gareth. Muslim Democrats in Turkey? Survival 45:45-66 Spring 2003.

Lacroix, Stephane. Between Islamists and Liberals: Saudi Arabia's New "Islamo-Liberal" Reformists. Middle East Journal 58:345-365 Summer 2004.
"The last few years in Saudi Aragia have witnessed the rise of a new trend made up of former Islamists and liberals, Sunnis and Shi'ites, calling for democratic change within an Islamic framework through a revision of the official Wahhabi religious doctrine."

Politicised Islam Grows in Sandzak. Jane's Islamic Affairs, pp 11-13, April 2006.

The Rise of Hamas. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 10-11, May 2006.

Stark, Jan. Beyond Terrorism and State Hegemony: Assessing the Islamist Mainstream in Egypt and Malaysia. Third World Quarterly 26:307-327 March 2005.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16358307

Stuttaford, Andrew. Democratic Muslims. National Review 58:22-26 May 22, 2006.
Explains the group Democratic Muslims organized to show Danes and the world that all Muslims were not terrorists set on achieving a global jihad and to show instead that they were capable of living peacefully in a democratic society.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=21091625

The Sunni-Shia Divide. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 1-4, January 2006.

Undercurrents of Sunni-Shi'a Conflict. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 3-5, January 2005.
"The prospect of a 'Shi'ite arc' running from Iran to Lebanon threatens to destabilise Gulf Countries with Shia populations.

Zakaria, Fareed. Islam and Power. Newsweek 147:34-37 February 13, 2006.
Examines the foreign policy goal of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to spread democracy throughout the world. The policy has yielded unexpected results such as the election victory of Hamas in Palestine. The rise of political and militant Islam is discussed.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19622070

Zakaria, Fareed. Islam, Democracy, and Constitutional Liberalism. Political Science Quarterly 119:1-20 Spring 2004.

Radical Political Islam

Books

Abbas, Hassan. Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 2005. 275 p.
Book call no.: 320.95491 A122p

Abou El Fadl, Khaled. The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists. New York, HarperSanFrancisco, 2005. 308 p.
Book call no.: 297 A155g

Akbarzadeh, Shahram. Uzbekistan and the United States: Authoritarianism, Islamism and Washington's Security Agenda. New York, Zed Books, 2005. 166 p.
Book call no.: 320.9587 A313u

Bawer, Bruce. While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam Is Destroying the West from Within. New York, Doubleday, 2006. 247 p.
Book call no.: 305.697 B354w

Burr, J. Millard and Collins, Robert O. Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2006. 248 p.
Pieces together the secret and complex Islamic financial systems that support terror.
Book call no.: 361.75091767 B968a

Dahlby, Tracy. Allah's Torch: A Report from Behind the Scenes in Asia's War on Terror. New York, William Morrow, 2005. 307 p.
Follows the trail of Jemaah Islamiyah, Asia's answer to Al Qaeda, as it pursues its ambition of pressing all of Southeast Asia under the yoke of a pure Islamic super-state.
Book call no.: 303.625 D131a

Delong-Bas, Natana J. Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad. New York, Oxford University Press, 2004. 370 p.
Book call no.: 297.814 D361w

The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, edited by J. Harold Ellens. Westport, CT, Praeger, 2004. 4 vols.
Offers a foreword by Martin E. Marty and Ad Testimonium by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Book call no.: 201.76 D477

Dreyfuss, Robert. Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam. New York, Metropolitan Books, 2005. 388 p.
Account of America's misguided efforts, stretching across six decades, to cultivate the Islamic right in an effort to dominate the economically and strategically vital Middle East.
Book call no.: 327.73056 D778d

Farber, David. Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2005. 212 p.
Book call no.: 955.0542 F219t

Horowitz, David. Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left. Washington, Regnery Publishing, 2004. 296 p.
Book call no.: 320.530973 H816u

Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach, edited by Quintan Wiktorowicz. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2004. 316 p.
Part I: Violence and Contention offers four essays including "From Marginalization to Massacres", "Hamas as a Social Movement", and "Violence as Contention in the Egyptian Islamic Movement".
Book call no.: 303.48409174927 I82

Mamdani, Mahmood. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, The Cold War, and the Roots of Terror. New York, Pantheon Books, 2004. 304 p.
Book call no.: 320.557 M263g

Michael, George. The Enemy of My Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right. Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas, 2006. 397 p.
Book call no.: 363.3250973 M621e

Milton-Edwards, Beverley. Islam and Violence in the Modern Era. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 236 p.
Book call no.: 297.27 M662i

Mohaddessin, Mohammad. Enemies of the Ayatollahs: The Iranian Opposition's War on Islamic Fundamentalism. New York, Zed Books, 2004. 286 p.
Book call no.: 320.955 M697e

Musallam, Adnan A. From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of Radical Islamism. Westport, CT, Praeger, 2005. 261 p.
Book call no.: 320.557092 M985f

Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jack. Is Religion Killing Us? Violence in the Bible and the Quran. Harrisburg, PA, Trinity Press International, 2003. 169 p.
Argues that the sacred texts of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - the Bible and the Quran - are riddled with violent images of God and with passages that can be reasonably interpreted to justify violence against enemies in service to God's will.
Book call no.: 291.5697 N428i

Philippines Terrorism: The Role of Militant Islamic Converts. Brussels, International Crisis Group, 2005. 35 p.
Book call no.: 363.32509599 P557

Poole, H. John. Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods. Emerald Isle, NC, Posterity Press, 2004. 342 p.
Book call no.: 355.425 P822t

Rabasa, Angel. Moderate and Radical Islam. Santa Monica, CA, Rand, 2005. 5 p.
Book call no.: 320.557 R112m

Sankari, Jamal. Fadlallah: The Making of a Radical Shi'ite Leader. London, SAQI, 2005. 397 p.
Book call no.: 297.82092 S227f

Scheuer, Michael. Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America. Washington, Potomac Books, Inc, 2006. 443 p.
Book call no.: 958.1046 S328t 2006

Takeyh, Ray and Gvosdev, Nikolas K. The Receding Shadow of the Prophet: The Rise and Fall of Radical Political Islam. Westport, CN, Praeger Publishers, 2004. 186 p.
Book call no.: 320.557 T136r

Terrorism and Violence in Southeast Asia: Transnational Challenges to States and Regional Stability, edited by Paul J. Smith. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharppe, 2005. 262 p.
Discusses the violence in the Asia-Pacific area, specifically militant Islamic extremism and their use of organized crime to further their cause.
Book call no.: 303.6250959 T3281

Wiktorowicz, Quintan. Radical Islam Rising: Muslim Extremism in the West. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005. 245 p.
Book call no.: 320.557 W663r

Documents

Calabrese, Maurizio D. Emerging Threats and the War on Terrorism: The Formation of Radical Islamist Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. 57 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtiic.mil/100.2/ADA435589
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 C1411e

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya, by Christopher M. Blanchard. Washington, Congressional Research Service, 2004. 6 p.
Also available online at: http://knxasl.hsdl.org/homesec/docs/crs/nps10-111904-12.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no. 04-RS21695

Malik, Irfan Ahmed. Islam, Terrorism, and the Strategy of Enlightened Moderation. Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2005. 101 p.
Focuses on analyzing the ongoing acts of violence and radicalism by individuals associated with Islam.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA437501
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 M251i

Periodicals

Al-Awadi, Hesham. Mubarak and the Islamists: Why Did the "Honeymoon" End? Middle East Journal 59:62-80 Winter 2005.
Discusses the Egyptian government's dealing with Islamists.

Boycotts, Blogs and Apocalptic Jihad. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 14-16, April 2006.

Calvert, John. The American Encounter with Islam: The Mythic Foundations of Radical Islam. Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs 48:29-41 Winter 2004.

Frisch, Hillel. Has the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Become Islamic? Fatah, Islam, and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Terrorism and Political Violence 17:391-406 Spring-Summer 2005.

A Fundamental Schism in Islamism? Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 6-8, March 2006.

Gerges, Jawaz A. Is Political Islam on the March? Christian Science Monitor 133:9 June 6, 2006.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=21064642

Hadad, Simon. The Origins of Popular Support for Lebanon's Hezbollah. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29:21-34 January-February 2006.

Hegghammer, Thomas. Global Jihadism after the Iraq War. Middle East Journal 60:11-32 Winter 2006.

Hilsum, Lindsey. Wealth and Terror. New Statesman 135:12-14 May 1, 2006.
Reports on steps taken by the government of Saudi Arabia to make changes in society to combat the rise in the activities of militant Islam.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20724303

Hirsh, Michael and Bartholet, Jeffrey. Fighting in the Shadows. Newsweek 147:36-38 June 5, 2006.
Describes the battles in and around Mogadishu, Somalia. Reports that a jihadist militia called Islamic Courts Union has been gaining ground on an alliance of secular warlords who have received U.S. backing. Describes the impact the Islamists are having on the people of Somalia.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20968787

Israeli, Raphael. Palestinian Women: The Quest for a Voice in the Public Square Through "Islamikaze Martyrdom." Terrorism and Political Violence 16:66-96 Spring 2004.

Jes'us, Carlos Echeverr'ia. Radical Islam in the Maghreb. Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs 48:351-364 Spring 2004.

Karagiannis, Emmanuel and McCauley, Clark. Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami: Evaluating the Threat Posed by a Radical Islamic Group That Remains Nonviolent. Terrorism and Political Violence 18:315-334 Spring 2006.

Kurth, James. Europe's Identity Problem and the New Islamist War. Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs 50:541-557 June 2006.
Discusses the four great periods of war in Europe and the succession of identities they produced. Next, the new war that Islamist terrorists, and Islamism more generally, have brought to Europe and the West.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=21076021

Moscow's Move Toward Chechenisation. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 14-16, May 2006.

Schbley, Ayla and McCauley, Clark. Political, Religious, and Psychological Characteristics of Muslim Protest Marchers in Eight European Cities: Jerusalem Day 2002. Terrorism and Political Violence 17:551-572 Autumn 2005.

Sivan, Emmanuel. The Clash Within Islam. Survival 45:25-44 Spring 2003.

Sunni Islam's Radical Offshoot. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 11-13, February 2006.

Ulph, S. Crisis in the Brotherhood. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 8-9, February 2004.
The recent death of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader has thrown the group into turmoil.

Wiktorowicz, Quintan. Anatomy of the Salafi Movement. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29:207-239 April-May 2006.

Wiktorowicz, Quintan. A Genealogy of Radical Islam. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 28:75-97 March-April 2005.

Terrorism and Islam

Books

Abbas, Hassan. Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 2005. 275 p.
Book call no.: 320.95491 A122p

Burke, Jason. Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam. New York, I. B. Tauris, 2004. 356 p.
Book call no.: 303.6250917671 B959a 2004

Diaz, Tom and Newman, Barbara. Lightning out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil. New York, Presidio Press/Ballantine Books, 2005. 250 p.
Portrays the degree to which Hezbollah has infiltrated the U.S. and the extent to which it intends to do us harm.
Book call no.: 303.625 D542L

Dogmas and Dreams: A Reader in Modern Political Ideologies, edited by Nancy S. Love. Washington, CQ Press, 2006. 742 p.
Origins of Terrorism, by Edward W. Said, pp 683-695. (Discusses 9/11 in the immediate aftermath of the event).
Book call no.: 320.5 D654

Friedman, Lauri S. What Motivates Suicide Bombers? Detroit, MI, Greenhaven Press, 2005. 93 p.
Doc. call no.: 303.625 W555

Gabriel, Mark A. Journey into the Mind of an Islamic Terrorist. Lake Mary, FL, FrontLine, 2006. 219 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 J86

Habeck, Mary R. Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror. New Haven, C T, Yale University Press, 2006. 243 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 H113k

Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror. Washington, Brassey's, 2004. 309 p.
Book call no.: 973.931 I34

Mamdani, Mahmood. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, The Cold War, and the Roots of Terror. New York, Pantheon Books, 2004. 304 p.
Book call no.: 320.557 M263g

Mazrui, Ali A. Islam: Between Globalization & Counter-Terrorism, edited by Shalahudin Kafrawi. Trenton, NJ, Africa World Press, 2006. 331 p.
Chapter Three: The Third World and International Terrorism, pp 39-54. Chapter Seven: Terrorism and the Global Image of Islam: Power, Passion and Piety, pp 95-104. Chapter Eight: The Truth Between Terror and Tyranny: The United States, Israel, and Hegemonic Globalization, pp 105-121. Chapter Nine: Comparative Terror from Shaka to Sharon: Revolutionary, Racial, Religious and State Violence, pp 121-144.
Book call no.: 297.27 M476i

Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants: The Al-Qaeda Training Manual. Maxwell AFB, AL, USAF Counterproliferation Center, 2005. 175 p.
Book call no.: 303.625091767 M643

Murphy, Paul J. The Wolves of Islam: Russia and the Faces of Chechen Terror. Washington, Brassey's, Inc., 2004. 281 p.
Book call no.: 947.086 M978w

Palmer, Monte and Palmer, Princess. At the Heart of Terror: Islam, Jihadists, and America's War on Terrorism. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2004. 293 p.
Book call no.: 303.6250917671 P175a

Phares, Walid. Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 277 p.
Book call no.: 363.3250973 P536f

Reuter, Christoph. My Life Is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2004. 200 p.
Book call no.: 303.625 R447m

Shai, Shaul. The Red Sea Terror Triangle: Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Islamic Terror. New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Publishers, 2005. 223 p.
Examines the ties each of these countries has with Islamic terrorism. Understanding these countries is important because one or all of them may become bases of terrorist activity.
Book call no.: 303.6250953 S526r

Thornton, William H. New World Empire: Civil Islam, Terrorism, and the Makings of Neoglobalism. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 237 p.
Book call no.: 327.7301767 T514n

Documents

Bliss, James A. Al Qaeda's Center of Gravity. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2004. 16 p.
Postulates that al Qaeda's center of gravity is Osama bin Laden and his brand of Islamist extremism.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA423365
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 B649a

Carter, Michael E. Islamic Terrorism in Southeast Asia: An Effects-Based U.S. Regional Strategy Against Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf: A Monograph. Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army Command and General Staff College, 2005. 61 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 C3241i

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology, by Christopher M. Blanchard. Washington, Congressional Research Service, 2004. 6 p.
Also available online at: http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RS21973.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no. 04-RS21973

Periodicals

Abou El Fadl, Khaled. The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists. New York, HarperSanFrancisco, 2005. 308 p.
Book call no.: 297 A155g

Atran, Scott. Commentary: A Failure of Imagination (Intelligence, WMDs and "Virtual Jihad"). Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29:285-300 April-May 2006.

Bunker, Robert J. and Sullivan, John P. Suicide Bombings in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Military Review 85:69-79 January-February 2005.
Discusses terrorist groups that have used suicide bombings and the operational advantages of suicide bombings over normal terrorist bombings.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16241359

Fair, C. Christine and Shepherd, Bryan. Who Supports Terrorism? Evidence from Fourteen Muslim Countries. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 29:51-74 January-February 2006.

Hoffman, Bruce and McCormick, Gordon H. Terrorism, Signaling, and Suicide Attack. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 27:243-281 July-August 2004.

Hordern, Nick. JI (Jemaah Islamiyya) Suicide Bombing Targets Australian Embassy. Jane's Intelligence Review 16:24-25 October 2004.

Kaplan, Edward H. What Happened to Suicide Bombings in Israel? Insights from a Terror Stock Model. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 28:225-235 May-June 2005.

Lester, David. Suicide Bombers: Are Psychological Profiles Possible? Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 27:283-295 July-August 2004.

The Rise of Hamas. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 10-11, May 2006.

Walton, C. Dale. The West and Its Antagonists: Culture, Globalization, and the War on Terrorism. Comparative Strategy 23:303-312 July-September 2004.

Women in Islam

Books

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today. New York, Oxford University Press, 2006. 190 p.
Book call no.: 305.48697 H126m

Hasan, Asma Gull. Why I Am a Muslim: An American Odyssey. London, HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. 174 p.
Book call no.: 297.57 H344w

Heath, Jennifer. The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam. Mahwah, NJ, Hidden Spring, 2004. 465 p.
Book call no.: 297.092 H437s

Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak, edited by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur. Boston, MA, Beacon Press, 2005. 209 p.
Presents the first generation of American Muslim women who have always identified as both American and Muslim. These women have forged identities for themselves and for future generations, and they speak out about the hijab, relationships, sex and sexuality, activism and spirituality.
Book call no.: 297.0820973 L785

Mikhail, Mona. Seen and Heard: A Century of Arab Women in Literature and Culture. Northampton, MA, Olive Branch Press, 2004. 169 p.
Book call no.: 892.709 M636s

Muslim Women Activists in North America: Speaking for Ourselves, edited by Katherine Bullock. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 2005. 215 p.
Book call no.: 305.48697 M987

Nomani, Asra Q. Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam. San Francisco, HarperSanFrancisco, 2005. 306 p.
Book call no.: 297.352092 N799s

Saktanber, Ayse. Living Islam: Women, Religion and the Politicization of Culture in Turkey. New York, I. B. Tauris Publishers, 2002. 277 p.
Book call no.: 305.48697 S158L

Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out, edited by Fawzia Afzal-Khan, foreword by Nawal El Saadawi. Northampton, MA, Olive Branch Press, 2005. 338 p.
Book call no.: 305.48697 S533

The Women of Karbala: Ritual Performance and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam, edited by Kamran Scot Aghaie. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 2005. 297 p.
Book call no.: 297.82082 W872

Periodicals

Cook, David. Women Fighting in Jihad? Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 28:375-384 September-October 2005.

Israeli, Raphael. Palestinian Women: The Quest for a Voice in the Public Square Through "Islamikaze Martyrdom." Terrorism and Political Violence 16:66-96 Spring 2004.

Kavakci, Merve. Headscarf Heresy. Foreign Policy No.142:66-67 May-June 2004.

Keddie, Nikki R. A Woman's Place: Democratization in the Middle East. Current History 103:25-30 January 2004.
Highlights the struggle of the Middle Eastern women for human and women's rights. Connection between the status of women and the prospects for democracy; Interpretation of a true Islam; Need for improvement of women's legal status.

Polisi, Catherine E. Universal Rights and Cultural Relativism: Hinduism and Islam Deconstructed. World Affairs 167:41-47 Summer 2004.
Discusses the connection between the application of cultural relativism to the human rights law and the degradation and marginalization of women in Hindu and Islamic societies. Examples of human rights violations committed against women in Hindu and Islamic cultures; List of rights protected under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Information on the conditions of women in Afghanistan in 2003.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=13566186&db=aph

Islam and the West

Books

Amr, Hady. The Need to Communicate: How to Improve U.S. Public Diplomacy with the Islamic World. Washington, The Saban Center for Middle East Policy at The Brookings Institution, January 2004. 53 p.
Book call no.: 327.73056 A516m

Globalization and the Muslim World, edited by Birgis Schaebler and Leif Stenberg. With a Foreword by Roy Mottahedeh. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press, 2004. 266 p.
Book call no.: 909.09767 G562

Goody, Jack. Islam in Europe. Malden, MA, Polity Press, 2004. 178 p.
Book call no.: 297 G658i

Hasan, Asma Gull. Why I Am a Muslim: An American Odyssey. London, HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. 174 p.
Book call no.: 297.57 H344w

Islam + Architecture, edited by Sabiha Foster. Chichester, UK, Wiley-Academy, November-December 2004. 128 p.
Book call no.: 720.91767 I82

Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition: Essays by Western Muslim Scholars, edited by Joseph E. B. Lumbard. Foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Bloomington, IN, World Wisdom, Inc, 2004. 324 p.
Book call no.: 297.09051 I82

Islam in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, edited by R. Michael Feener. Santa Barbara CA, ABC-CLIO, 2004. 387 p.
Book call no.: 297.09 I823

Islam & the West Post 9-11, edited by Ron Geaves. Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing Company, 2004. p
Book call no.: 305.697 I82

Mazrui, Ali A. Islam: Between Globalization & Counter-Terrorism, edited by Shalahudin Kafrawi. Trenton, NJ, Africa World Press, 2006. 331 p.
Offers four sections: "North-South - The Political Divide", "Occident Orient - The Cultural Divide", "Domestic-International - The Global Divide", and "Towards a Marriage of Civilizations".
Book call no.: 297.27 M476i

The Muslim World after 9-11, edited by Angel M. Rabzas. Santa Monica, CA, Rand Project Air Force, 2004. 525 p.
Book call no.: 327.73056 M987

Rauf, Imam Feisal Abdul. What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West. New York, HarperCollins, 2004. 314 p.
Book call no.: 297 A136w

Roy, Olivier. Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah. New York, Columbia University Press, 2004. 349 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 R888g

Voices of American Muslims: 23 Profiles, edited by Linda Brandi Cateura. New York, Hippocrene Books, 2005. 279 p.
Book call no.: 306.697 V889

Wiktorowicz, Quintan. Radical Islam Rising: Muslim Extremism in the West. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005. 245 p.
Book call no.: 320.557 W663r

Yaghmaian, Behzad. Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West. New York, Delacorte Press, 2005. 356 p.
Book call no.: 305.697 Y12e

Document

Periodicals

Ben-Meir, Jason. Creating a New Era of Islamic-Western Relations by Supporting Community Development. Mediterranean Quarterly 15:38-55 Summer 2004.

Black, Jeremy. The Western Encounter with Islam. Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs 48:19-28 Winter 2004.

Coon, Carl. Islamophobia. Humanist 66:4-5 May-June 2006.
Contends that the administration of President George W. Bush avoided condemnation of Islam but still follows inconsistent policies resulting in many Muslims being hostile towards Western policies and attitudes.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20625311

Grier, Peter. A Crescent over Europe? Air Force Magazine 88:64-67 July 2005.
"Demographic change could turn the heartland of Western culture into an Islamic redoubt."

Islam Suffers from Worsening Image Crisis in US. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 1-4, May 2006.

Kuru, Ahmet. Globalization and Diversification of Islamic Movements: Three Turkish Cases. Political Science Quarterly 120:253-274 Summer 2005.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=17538331

Ministering to the Upwardly Mobile Muslim. New York Times Magazine 155:46-77 April 30, 2006.
Examines the following of Muslim television preacher Amr Khaled.

Walton, C. Dale. The West and Its Antagonists: Culture, Globalization, and the War on Terrorism. Comparative Strategy 23:303-312 July-September 2004.

Zakaria, Fareed. Islam, Democracy, and Constitutional Liberalism. Political Science Quarterly 119:1-20 Spring 2004.

Afghanistan

Internet Resources

Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan. Santa Monica, CA, Rand Corporation, 2003. 1 vol.
Available online at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF186/CF186.pdf

Books

Abou Zahab, Mariam and Olivier, Roy. Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection. London, Hurst & Company, 2004. 88 p.
Book call no.: 320.550958 A155i

Rasanayagam, Angelo. Afghanistan: A Modern History: Monarchy, Despotism or Democracy? The Problems of Governance in the Muslim Tradition. New York, I. B. Tauris, 2003. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 958.103 R222a

Remaking Muslim Politics: Pluralism, Contestation, Democratization, edited by Robert Wl. Hefner. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2005. 358 p.
Islamic State Is a State Run by Good Muslims: Religion as a Way of Life and Not an Ideology in Afghanistan, pp 213-239.
Book call no.: 320.91767 R384

Periodicals

Afghanistan's Tribal Structures - Part III. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 5-7, May 2006.

Africa

Books

Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach, edited by Quintan Wiktorowicz. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2004. 316 p.
Offers two essays on Islam in Egypt - "Violence as Contention in the Egyptian Islamic Movement" and "Interests, Ideas, and Islamist Outreach in Egypt".
Book call no.: 303.48409174927 I82

Milton, Giles. White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. 316 p.
Book call no.: 306.3620964 M662w

North Africa, Islam and the Mediterranean World: From the Almoravids to the Algerian War, edited by Julia Clancy-Smith. Portland, OR, Frank Cass, 2001. 202 p.
Book call no.: 961 N8641

Remaking Muslim Politics: Pluralism, Contestation, Democratization, edited by Robert Wl. Hefner. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2005. 358 p.
Offers 13 essays on Islamic politics including ones addressing open societies, democracy, Islamic reasoning and issues in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia and Afghanistan.
Book call no.: 320.91767 R384

Shai, Shaul. The Red Sea Terror Triangle: Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Islamic Terror. New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Pubblishers, 2005. 223 p.
Examines the ties each of these countries has with Islamic terrorism. Understanding these countries is important because one or all of them may become bases of terrorist activity.
Book call no.: 303.6250953 S526r

Somalia's Islamists. Brussels, International Crisis Group, 2005. 34 p.
Book call no.: 322.1096773 S693

Documents

Periodicals

Al-Awadi, Hesham. Mubarak and the Islamists: Why Did the "Honeymoon" End? Middle East Journal 59:62-80 Winter 2005.
Discusses the Egyptian government's dealing with Islamists.

Hirsh, Michael and Bartholet, Jeffrey. Fighting in the Shadows. Newsweek 147:36-38 June 5, 2006.
Describes the battles in and around Mogadishu, Somalia. Reports that a jihadist militia called Islamic Courts Union has been gaining ground on an alliance of secular warlards who have received U.S. backing. Describes the impact the Islamists are having on the people of Somalia.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20968787

Jes'us, Carlos Echeverr'ia. Radical Islam in the Maghreb. Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs 48:351-364 Spring 2004.

Asia

Books

Abbas, Hassan. Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 2005. 275 p.
Book call no.: 320.95491 A122p

Abou Zahab, Mariam and Olivier, Roy. Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection. London, Hurst & Company, 2004. 88 p.
Book call no.: 320.550958 A155i

Akbarzadeh, Shahram. Uzbekistan and the United States: Authoritarianism, Islamism and Washington's Security Agenda. New York, Zed Books, 2005. 166 p.
Book call no.: 320.9587 A313u

Eliraz, Giora. Islam in Indonesia. Portland, OR, Sussex Academic Press, 2004. 142 p.
Book call no.: 297.09598 E42i

Headley, Stephen C. Durga's Mosque: Cosmology, Conversion and Community in Central Javanese Islam. Singapore, ISERS Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004. 604 p.
Book call no.: 294.5211 H433d

Philippines Terrorism: The Role of Militant Islamic Converts. Brussels, International Crisis Group, 2005. 35 p.
Book call no.: 363.32509599 P557

Rai, Mridu. Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2004. 335 p.
Book call no.: 297.09546 R149h

Religious Organizations and Democratization: Case Studies from Contemporary Asia, edited by Tun-Jen Cheng and Deborah A. Brown. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 2006. 306 p.
See chapters 8 and 9 for information on Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Book call no.: 322.1095 R382

Riaz, Ali. God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2004. 211 p.
Book call no.: 954.9205 R3481g

Documents

Khairan, Ab Razak bin Mohd. The Influence of Islam in the Military: Comparative Study of Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. 121 p.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA422427
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 K451i

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Islam in South and Southeast Asia, by Bruce Vaughn. Washington, Congressional Research Service, 2004. 6 p.
Also available online at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21903.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no. 04-RS21903

Periodicals

Ali, Kamran Asdar. Pakistani Islamists Gamble on the General. Middle East Report 34:2-7 Summer 2004.

Hordern, Nick. JI (Jemaah Islamiyya) Suicide Bombing Targets Australian Embassy. Jane's Intelligence Review 16:24-25 October 2004.

Pakistan's Khateeb under Scrutiny. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 8-9, May 2006.

Politicised Islam Grows in Sandzak. Jane's Islamic Affairs, pp 11-13, April 2006.

Right, Theodore P. Does Democratic Political Participation Reduce Political Violence? The Contrary Case of the Muslim Minority in India. Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 27:38-48 Winter 2004.

Sivan, Emmanuel. The Clash Within Islam. Survival 45:25-44 Spring 2003.

Europe, Eastern and Western

Bawer, Bruce. While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam Is Destroying the West from Within. New York, Doubleday, 2006. 247 p.
Book call no.: 305.697 B354w

Goody, Jack. Islam in Europe. Malden, MA, Polity Press, 2004. 178 p.
Book call no.: 297 G658i

Hunter, Shireen T. Islam in Russia: The Politics of Identity and Security. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 2004. 566 p.
Book call no.: 947.00882971 H947i

Malik, Iftikhar H. Islam and Modernity: Muslims in Europe and the United States. Sterling, VA, Pluto Press, 2004. 239 p.
Book call no.: 305.697104 M251i

Mazower, Mark. Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. 490 p.
Book call no.: 949.5 M476s

Murphy, Paul J. The Wolves of Islam: Russia and the Faces of Chechen Terror. Washington, Brassey's, Inc., 2004. 281 p.
Book call no.: 947.086 M978w

The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism, edited by Phillip Marguiles. Farmington Hills, MI, Greenhaven Press, 2006. 224 p.
Examines the religion of Islam in Uzbekistan and the rapid rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the newly independent country. Discusses the history during the Soviet era.
Book call no.: 297.0904 R595

Vidino, Lorenzo. Al Qaeda in Europe: The New Battleground of International Jihad. Amherst NY, Prometheus Books, 2006. 403 p.
Book call no.: 320.557094 V653a

Periodicals

The Ambitions of Russia's Muslims. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 15-16, February 2006.

Moscow's Move Toward Chechenisation. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 14-16, May 2006.

Pryce-Jones, David. The Islamization of Europe? Commentary 118:29-33 December 2004.

Savage, Timothy M. Europe and Islam: Crescent Waxing, Cultures Clashing. Washington Quarterly 27:25-51 Summer 2004.
Points out that the world of Islam may do more to define and shape Europe in the 21st century than the United States, Russia, or even the European Union.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=13233900&db=aph

Sendagorta, Fidel. Jihad in Europe: The Wider Context. Survival 47:63-72 Autumn 2005.

Smith, Helena. Where Muslims Pray Underground. New Statesman 135:12 April 24, 2006.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=20709059

Middle East and Gulf States

Books

Aghaie, Kamran Scot. The Martyrs of Karbala: Sh'i Symbols and Rituals in Modern Iran. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press, 2004. 200 p.
Book call no.: 297.820955 A266m

Clark, Janine A. Islam, Charity, and Activism: Middle-Class Networks and Social Welfare in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2004. 236 p.
Book call no.: 301 C593i

Islam, Judaism, and the Political Role of Religions in the Middle East, edited by John Bunzl. Gainesville, FL, University Press of Florida, 2004. 202 p.
Book call no.: 320.550956 I82

Kennedy, Hugh N. When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty. Cambridge, MA, Da capo Press, 2005. 326 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 K35w

Lockman, Zachary. Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004. 308 p.
Book call no.: 956.0072 L816c

Marcinkowski, Ismail. Religion and Politics in Iraq: Shite Clerics Between Quietism and Resistance. Singapore, Pustaka National PTE Ltd, 2004. 131 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 M319r

Mohaddessin, Mohammad. Enemies of the Ayatollahs: The Iranian Opposition's War on Islamic Fundamentalism. New York, Zed Books, 2004. 286 p.
Book call no.: 320.955 M697e

Nakash, Yitzhak. Reaching for Power: The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World. Ann Arbor, MI, Pluto, 2006. 226 p.
Addresses the critical importance of Shi'is to the U.S. endeavor for democratization of the Middle East. Note Chapter four "The Revival of Shi'ism in Lebanon."
Book call no.: 320.956 N163r

The Next Iraqi War? Sectarianism and Civil Conflict. Brussels, International Crisis Group, 2006. 43 p.
Book call no.: 956.70443 N567

Oliver, A. M. The Road to Martyrs' Square: A Journey into the World of the Suicide Bomber. New York, Oxford University Press, 2005. 214 p.
Book call no.: 956.94054 O48r

Pipes, Daniel. Miniatures: Views of Islamic and Middle Eastern Politics. Piscataway NJ, Transaction Publishers, 2004. 278 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 P665m

Rubin, Barry M. The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 296 p.
Book call no.: 320.956 R896L

Documents

Periodicals

Blanche, E. Iraq's Tenuous Hope for Stability. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 1-3, January 2005.
Article discusses the mushrooming chaos and the deepening rift between the Suni minority and the long suppressed Shi'ite majority.

Hegghammer, Thomas. Global Jihadism after the Iraq War. Middle East Journal 60:11-32 Winter 2006.

Kaplan, Edward H. What Happened to Suicide Bombings in Israel? Insights from a Terror Stock Model. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 28:225-235 May-June 2005.

Meijer, Roel. The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq. Middle East Report 237:12-19 Winter 2005.

The Rise of Hamas. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 10-11, May 2006.

Strindberg, Anders. Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the New Political Landscape. Jane's Intelligence Review 18:16-19 April 2006.

Sunni Islam's Radical Offshoot. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 11-13, February 2006.

Ulph, S. Crisis in the Brotherhood. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 8-9, February 2004.
The recent death of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader has thrown the group into turmoil.

Turkey

Books

Cinar, Alev. Modernity, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey: Bodies, Places, and Time. Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota Press, 2005. 199 p.
Book call no.: 322.109561 C574m

Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach, edited by Quintan Wiktorowicz. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2004. 316 p.
Offers an essay on Islam in Turkey - "Opportunity Spaces, Identity, and Islamic Meaning in Turkey".
Book call no.: 303.48409174927 I82

Kaylan, Muammer. The Kemalists: Islamic Revival and the Fate of Secular Turkey. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2005. 482 p.
Book call no.: 956.103 K23k

Saktanber, Ayse. Living Islam: Women, Religion and the Politicization of Culture in Turkey. New York, I. B. Tauris Publishers, 2002. 277 p.
Book call no.: 305.48697 S158L

Sukran, Vahide. Islam in Modern Turkey: An Intellectual Biography of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, edited and with an introduction by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 2005. 424 p.
Book call no.: 92 N974s

Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gulen Movement. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press, 2003. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 322.109561 T939

Yavuz, M. Hakan. Islamic Political Identity in Turkey. New York, Oxford University Press, 2003. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 320.5509561 Y35i

Documents

Karakus, Hakan. Turkey and the European Union (EU): Kemalism's Effects on the Road to the EU. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. 113 p.
Evaluates Kemalism and the importance of the Kemalist movement to Turkey both during its early twentieth century establishment and today as it pursues membership in the European Union. Although Turkey's dominant religion is Islam, Kemalism offers a policy which works with Western ideas.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA439293
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 K187t

Periodicals

The Changing Landscape of the EU. Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, pp 7-8, January 2005.
Islamism is more visible in Turkey, and young radicals are more vocal.

Jenkins, Gareth. Muslim Democrats in Turkey? Survival 45:45-66 Spring 2003.

Kavakci, Merve. Headscarf Heresy. Foreign Policy No.142:66-67 May-June 2004.

United States

Books

Farber, David. Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2005. 212 p.
Book call no.: 955.0542 F219t

Gause, F. Gregory. The Approaching Turning Point: The Future of U.S. Relations with the Gulf States. Washington, The Sabasn Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, May 2003. 31 p., Analysis Paper Number 2)
Book call no.: 327.73056 G274a

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today. New York, Oxford University Press, 2006. 190 p.
Book call no.: 305.48697 H126m

Hasan, Asma Gull. Why I Am a Muslim: An American Odyssey. London, Harper Collins Publishers, 2004. 174 p.
Book call no.: 297.57 H344w

Horowitz, David. Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left. Washington, Regnery Publishing, 2004. 296 p.
Book call no.: 320.530973 H816u

Levi, Michael A. and D'Arcy, Michael B. Untapped Potential: US Science and Technology Cooperation with the Islamic World. Washington, Brookings Institution, 2005. 98 p. (Analysis Paper Number 8)
Book call no.: 338.9 L664u

Malik, Iftikhar H. Islam and Modernity: Muslims in Europe and the United States. Sterling, VA, Pluto Press, 2004. 239 p.
Book call no.: 305.697104 M251i

Mamdani, Mahmood. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, The Cold War, and the Roots of Terror. New York, Pantheon Books, 2004. 304 p.
Book call no.: 320.557 M263g

Muslim Women Activists in North America: Speaking for Ourselves, edited by Katherine Bullock. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 2005. 215 p.
Book call no.: 305.48697 M987

Muslims' Place in the American Public Square: Hope, Fears, and Aspirations, edited by Zahid H. Bukhari. New York, AltaMira Press, 2004. 396 p.
Book call no.: 305.697 M987

Orfalea, Gregory. The Arab Americans: A History. Northampton, MA, Olive Branch Press, 2006. 500 p.
Book call no.: 305.8927073 O67a

Pintak, Lawrence. Reflections in a Bloodshot Lens: America, Islam & the War of Ideas. Ann Arbor, MI, Pluto Press, 2006. 374 p.
Book call no.: 327.7301767 P659r

Scheuer, Michael. Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America. Washington, Potomac Books, Inc, 2006. 443 p.
Book call no.: 958.1046 S328t 2006

Voices of American Muslims: 23 Profiles, edited by Linda Brandi Cateura. New York, Hippocrene Books, 2005. 279 p.
Book call no.: 306.697 V889

Walker, Dennis. Islam and the Search for African-American Nationhood: Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. Atlanta, GA, Clarity Press, Inc, 2005. 597 p.
Book call no.: 297.87 W178i

Periodicals

Calvert, John. The American Encounter with Islam: The Mythic Foundations of Radical Islam. Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs 48:29-41 Winter 2004.

Kaplan, Jeffrey. Islamophobia in America?: September 11 and Islamophobic Hate Crime. Terrorism and Political Violence 18:1-33 Spring 2006.

Kurlantzick, Joshua. The Left (American) and the Islamists. Commentary 118:34-37 December 2004.
Radical ammans and radical "progressives" have formed a strange new alliance.

Mazrui, Ali A. Islam and the United States: Streams of Convergence, Strands of Divergence. Third World Quarterly 25:793-820 2004.

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