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The Far Enemy - Why Jihad Went Global (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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The Far Enemy - Why Jihad Went Global (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Fawaz Gerges book on al Qaeda and the jihadist movement has become
a classic in the field since it was published in 2005. Here he
argued that far from being an Islamist front united in armed
struggle, or jihad against the Christian West, as many misguided
political commentators and politicians opined, al Qaeda represented
a small faction within the jihadist movement, criticized by other
groups who preferred to concentrate on changing the Muslim world,
rather than attacking the Far Enemy and making the fight global. In
the intervening years, with the advance of the War on Terror and
the invasion of Iraq, much has changed and, just as Gerges showed,
al Qaeda s fortunes have taken a significant downturn. Revisiting
The Far Enemy in this new edition, Gerges demonstrates that not
only have the jihadists split ranks, but that voices from within
the ultra-religious right, those that previously supported al
Qaeda, are condemning its tactics as violent, unethical, and out of
accord with the true meaning of jihad. In fact, millions of Muslims
worldwide have rejected al-Qaeda s ideology and strategies and
blame Osama bin Laden and his cohorts for the havoc the
organisation has wrecked on their communities. Al-Qaeda is now in
the wilderness suffering massive erosion of authority and
legitimacy in Muslim eyes and facing a fierce revolt from within.
As Gerges warns, the next US administration would do well to use
political and socio-economic strategies rather than military means
to ensure that it stays there.
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