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What is Hamas's history; its key beliefs; and its political agenda?
From its' founding, following the First Intifada, to the 2008
Israeli Gaza offensive, Khaled Hroub writes this indispensable
introduction to Hamas. The book encompasses all major events,
including the January 2006 elections, the ever-evolving
relationship with Fatah, and the Gaza war, in addition to providing
insight into Hamas's ideology by studying their charter, their
socio-economic strategies and their outlook on Israel. Explaining
the reasons for Hamas's popularity, Hroub provides the key facts
often missing from news reports. The reality of Hamas's victory
means that the West will now have to engage with it more seriously
if there is to be peace in the Middle East. This book provides the
first essential step towards a better understanding of the
challenges and surprises that the future may hold.
This volume offers a comprehensive discussion of the contemporary
debates within political Islam, providing an in-depth analysis of
the specific movements, countries and regions in the Arab world and
Israel. The contributors contend that the evolution of Islamic
movements is contextual rather than ideological. Therefore, Islamic
movements are best understood individually within their own
historical, socio-political and cultural setting. Political Islam
is an essential reference for academics, researchers and the media,
as well as general readers with an interest in Islamic political
debates. Contributors include Abdullah Baabood, Youcef Bouandel,
Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Kamal Helbawy, Roel Meijer, Ibrahim
Moussawi, Tariq Ramadan, Tilde Rosmer, Murad Batal al-Shishani,
Sara Silvestri and Camille Tawil.
The U.S. views Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Yet, to the great
surprise of many, Hamas swept to victory in the 2006 Palestinian
authority elections. Hamas is now a democratically elected
political party. This is the first beginner's guide to this
controversial political organisation. Explaining the reasons for
Hamas's success, this title provides the key facts that are so
often missing from conventional news reports. It's a one-stop guide
that gives a clear overview of Hamas's history, key beliefs, and
its political agenda. This title provides a refreshing perspective
that gets to the heart of the reasons behind Hamas's victory. It
provides a critical overview of Hamas's attitudes to Israel,
including religious beliefs and suicide bombings, its attitude to
the PLO and its programme of grassroots social work within
Palestine. The reality of Hamas's victory means that the West will
now have to engage with it more seriously if there is to be peace
in the Middle East. This title provides the first essential step
towards a better understanding of the challenges and suprises that
the future may hold.
Over the past decade or so religious broadcasting in the Middle
East has been one of the chief beneficiaries of new, transnational
media flows and the now commonplace availability of satellite
broadcasting technology. Dozens of Muslim, Christian and Jewish
religious channels have been established, advocating differing
forms of religiosity and shaping public perceptions through their
transmission of discussion programmes, preaching, proselytisation
pure and simple, and guidelines about how best to live a pious
life. Even mainstream leading news channels such as Al-Jazeera and
Al-Arabiya have broadcast popular religious shows since their
inception. Some of this programming is highly politicised, such as
Hamas's Al-Aqsa or Hizbullah's Al-Manar channels; other stations
present themselves as apolitical, concerned only with preaching
God's word. The highly charged political and religious ferment in
the Middle East today has been certainly propitious for such
broadcasters as they seek to convey their message. This has in turn
reinforced the connection between the dominant 'religious
atmosphere' and religious broadcasting. Based on monitoring and
content-analysis of some of the region's most influential religious
channels and programmes, the contributors to this book offer
pioneering insights into this uncharted terrain. They explore the
themes, discourses, appearances and the "celebrities" of this still
expanding phenomenon of religious broadcasting in the Middle East.
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