The borders of Islam: exploring Huntington's faultlines, from Al-Andalus to the virtual Ummah

Introduction : Huntington and "Islam's bloody borders" / Stig Jarle Hansen, Atle Mesøy, Tuncay Kardas -- Asia and the Middle East : borders at the centre of Islam? / Stig Jarle Hansen. Israel/Palestine : multiple agendas and division lines / Andrew Rigby and Jørgen Johansen ; Lebanon...

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Contributors: Hansen, Stig Jarle 1971- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London Hurst 2009
In:Year: 2009
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Huntington, Samuel P. 1927-2008, The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order
Further subjects:B Islam Relations
B Collection of essays
B Islamic civilization
B East and West
B Huntington, Samuel P
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Summary:Introduction : Huntington and "Islam's bloody borders" / Stig Jarle Hansen, Atle Mesøy, Tuncay Kardas -- Asia and the Middle East : borders at the centre of Islam? / Stig Jarle Hansen. Israel/Palestine : multiple agendas and division lines / Andrew Rigby and Jørgen Johansen ; Lebanon : between "clash" and coexistence / Hicham Bou Nassif ; Afghanistan : "friction" between civilizations / Antonio Giustozzi ; Pakistan : have the chickens come home to roost? / Kavita Khory ; Indonesia : the radicalization of Islam / Kirsten Schulze ; Philippines : "civilizational" or colonial border? / Ben Reid -- Africa, the crescent of Islam / Stig Jarle Hansen. Nigeria : Islamist activism and religious conflicts / Sakah Mahmud ; Somalia : grievance, religion, clan, and profit / Stig Jarle Hansen ; Ethiopia : on the borders of Christianity / Terje Østebø ; Sudan : trying to understand its "multiple marginality" / Gérard Prunier -- The "old" European border / Stig Jarle Hansen. Chechnya : how war makes jihad / James Hughes ; Turkey : secularism, Islam and the EU / Tuncay Kardas ; Bosnia : religion and identity / Svein Mønnesland ; Spain : the Al Andalus legacy / Elena Arigita -- The new borders / Atle Mesøy. Britain : rejecting western modernity? / Dominique Thomas ; France : the clash of civilizations? / Farhad Khosrokhavar ; Scandinavia : alienation or integration? / Atle Mesøy and Stig Jarle Hansen ; The United States of America : American Muslim exceptionalism / Allen D. Hertzke ; A virtual border conflict / Stig Jarle Hansen and Atle Mesøy
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-375) and index
ISBN:1850659729