A Quietist Jihadi: The Ideology and Influence of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi
In 2006, I published a citation analysis of the most-read books found on the primary jihadi online library, www.tawhed.ws. The study reached the surprising conclusion that the most influential intellectual figure inside the jihadi movement was not Usama b. Ladin or Ayman al-Zawahiri but a little-kno...
| Published in: | A journal of church and state |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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A journal of church and state
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| Review of: | A quietist Jihadi (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012) (McCants, William)
A quietist Jihadi (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012) (McCants, William) |
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| Summary: | In 2006, I published a citation analysis of the most-read books found on the primary jihadi online library, www.tawhed.ws. The study reached the surprising conclusion that the most influential intellectual figure inside the jihadi movement was not Usama b. Ladin or Ayman al-Zawahiri but a little-known Jordanian scholar named Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi. At the time, there was very little in print about Maqdisi in western languages. What was available in Arabic was largely hagiographical or the product of Maqdisi's own pen—a militant Salafi discourse that is challenging for outsiders. Joas Wagemakers has provided a great service by making sense of Maqdisi's voluminous writings for the outsider and by conducting fieldwork in Jordan to understand Maqdisi's life and his influence. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu013 |