Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, Revised and Expanded: Essays by Wester... Book

Foreword to the First Edition Seyyed Hossein Nasr vii

Introduction to the Revised Edition Joseph E. B. Lumbard xi

Part I Religious Foundations

1 The Myth of a Militant Islam David Dakake 3

2 The Decline of Knowledge and the Rise of Ideology in the Modern Islamic World Joseph E. B. Lumbard 39

3 A Traditional Islamic Response to the Rise of Modernism Fuad S. Naeem 79

Part II Historical Dimensions

4 From the Spirituality of Jih&abar;d to the Ideology of Jihadism Reza Shah-Kazemi 119

5 Roots of Misconception: Euro-American Perceptions of Islam Before and After September 11 Ibrahim Kalin 149

Part III Political Dimensions

6 The Economics of Terrorism: How bin Laden has Changed the Rules of the Game Waleed El-Ansary 197

7 Beyond the Veil: The Sufi View of Women and Femininity Zailan Moris 243

8 The Muslim World and Globalization: Modernity and the Roots of Conflict Ejaz Akram 255

Epilogue

9 The Poverty of Fanaticism T. J. Winter 301

Select Glossary of Foreign and Technical Terms 315

Notes on Contributors 325

Index 329