Initiative to Stop the Violence - Sadat's Assassins and the Renunciation of Political Violence (Hardcover)

Formerly one of the largest and most militant Islamic organizations in the Middle East, Egypt's al-Gama'ah al-Islamiyah is believed to have played an instrumental role in numerous acts of global terrorism, including the assassination of President Anwar Sadat and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In later years, however, the organization issued a surprising renunciation of violence, repudiating its former ideology and replacing it with a shari'a-based understanding and assessment of the purpose and proper application of jihad.
This key manifesto of modern Islamist thought is now available to an English-speaking audience in an eminently readable translation by noted Islamic scholar Sherman A. Jackson. Unlike other Western and Muslim critiques of violent extremism, this important work emerges from within the movement of Middle Eastern Islamic activism, both challenging and enriching prevailing notions about the role of Islamists in fighting the scourge of extremist politics, blind anti-Westernism and, alas, wayward jihad.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	World Thought in Translation
Release date:	February 2015
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Al-Gama'ah Al-Islamiyah
Translators:	Sherman Jackson
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-19677-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	0-300-19677-6
Barcode:	9780300196771

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