In recent years; countless politicians and commentators have been addressing the Quran in an attempt to understand the rise of Muslim extremist ideology. They have missed the point: the most significant factor in this phenomenon is to be found within the particular circumstances of individual nation-states. Islam as a static global and temporal entity is a myth. The reality reflects a wide variety of experience founded on the co-mingling of religion; cultural and national and international politics. It is inside this individual complexity that battle-lines have been drawn and the fight waged within Islam itself; often largely unremarked upon by the world outside.Through a consideration of the case of Pakistan; this volume seeks to place the recent surge in extremist Islam within the framework of the nation-state; and to sharpen those dangerously blurred distinctions between the Merely Offended and the Violently Offended in the course of examining the causes of offence.
1998-03-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 .39 x 5.91 x 9.06l; #File Name: 1900624109224 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. one of the seminal best for MARKET GARDENBy H. R. RobertsHibbert's history of the battle remains for me; one of the seminal best for MARKET GARDEN.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Great Book; Awesome Writer!By WidgetOne of the more enjoyable facts about CH writings are the minute detail that lets you feel like you are participating in the action he is describing!2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Arnhem LiteBy Mitch ReedWhile not as wordy as works by Ryan and Middlebrook; this is a great small book that details the battle waged by the heroic 1st Airborne Division.I would reccomend on that basis alone.
