Islamic extremism
Subtitle: causes, diversity, and challenges
By: Monte Palmer and Princess Palmer.
Contributors: Palmer, Princess, 1952-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780742555174; 9780742555181
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-; Islamic fundamentalism; Jihad; Islam and politics; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: America's struggle against terror : who is the enemy?; title: Islam, Muslim extremism, and anti-Americanism; title: The Muslim brotherhood and the origin of the radical moderates; title: Hamas : the ascendance of religious extremism in the Arab Israeli conflict; title: Hizbullah : a tale of three countries; title: Iraqi Hizbullah; title: Turkey : a model for democratic Islamic rule?; title: The jihadist movement and how it evolved; title: The jihadist war plan; title: The jihadist war machine; title: The allies of the jihadists : those who make terror possible; title: The Israeli struggle against terror and Islamic extremism : a guide for the United States; title: How America's allies in the Islamic World fight terror; title: America, Islamic extremism and jihadist terror.