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Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm

Since the end of the Cold War, the West has mounted a campaign against Islam as the essential source of terrorism and the Muslims as necessarily terrorists. However, the problems of violence and terror are not isolated issues but have epistemological and unspoken real causes. Violence is related to...

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Main Authors: El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir, Khriji, Tesnim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2006
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BL Religion
BP173.5 Islam and world politics
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/9499/1/Islam_and_Terrorism_-_Beyond_the_Wisdom_of_the_Secularist_Paradigm.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.94992013-07-24T06:48:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/9499/ Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir Khriji, Tesnim BL Religion BP173.5 Islam and world politics Since the end of the Cold War, the West has mounted a campaign against Islam as the essential source of terrorism and the Muslims as necessarily terrorists. However, the problems of violence and terror are not isolated issues but have epistemological and unspoken real causes. Violence is related to despotism, especially the despotism of hegemony. The US-led war on terrorism is not a simple struggle between good and evil. The hidden reasons behind it makes it difficult for the Muslims and others in the Third World to appreciate the efforts. IIUM Press 2006 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/9499/1/Islam_and_Terrorism_-_Beyond_the_Wisdom_of_the_Secularist_Paradigm.pdf El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir and Khriji, Tesnim (2006) Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm. Intellectual Discourse, 14 (1). pp. 47-70. ISSN 0128-4878 http://www.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/87
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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BP173.5 Islam and world politics
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BP173.5 Islam and world politics
El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
Khriji, Tesnim
Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
description Since the end of the Cold War, the West has mounted a campaign against Islam as the essential source of terrorism and the Muslims as necessarily terrorists. However, the problems of violence and terror are not isolated issues but have epistemological and unspoken real causes. Violence is related to despotism, especially the despotism of hegemony. The US-led war on terrorism is not a simple struggle between good and evil. The hidden reasons behind it makes it difficult for the Muslims and others in the Third World to appreciate the efforts.
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author El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
Khriji, Tesnim
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author_sort El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
title Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
title_short Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
title_full Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
title_fullStr Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
title_full_unstemmed Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
title_sort islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
publisher IIUM Press
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/9499/1/Islam_and_Terrorism_-_Beyond_the_Wisdom_of_the_Secularist_Paradigm.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/9499/
http://www.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/87
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