Militant Islamist Ideology

by Aboul-Enein, Youssef H.

• ISBN13: 9781591140016
• ISBN10: 1591140013
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-15
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

Political Science/Political Ideologies/ General

Author Biography

Cdr Youssef H. Aboul-Enein, USN, an officer in the Navy Medical Service Corps, has advised at the highest levels of the defense department and intelligence community. Born in Mississippi and raised in Saudi Arabia, he holds an MS in strategic intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College and is stationed in the Washington, DC area.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Acronyms	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Precise Definitions of the Threat	p. 1
A Hidden Center of Gravity: Militant Islamists Cloaking Themselves in Islam	p. 7
What Is Not Being Taught in Politicized Madrassas: Beginning to Understand Militant Islamist Ideology	p. 12
The Qur'an: How Do Militant Islamists Abuse Verses?	p. 20
The Term Jihad: Various Interpretations	p. 34
Muhammad and the Succession Crisis	p. 38
Islamic Government: A Highly Debatable Concept among Muslims	p. 49
The 1925 Caliphate Debates	p. 53
Countering Militant Islamist Rhetoric Using Islam	p. 72
Marginalizing al-Qaida: Utilizing al-Qaida Rhetoric and Actions	p. 92
Ibn Taymiyyah: Unlocking the Origins of Current Militant Islamist Ideology (1263-1327)	p. 108
Ibn Abdul-Wahhab (1703-1792): The Founder of Wahhabism	p. 112
Hassan al-Banna and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: The First Islamist Political Party	p. 116
Sayyid Qutb: Twentieth-Century Theoretician of Militant Islamist Ideology (1906-1966)	p. 122
Inside the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989): A Militant Islamist Perspective	p. 136
Usama bin Laden: A Quick Exposé	p. 157
A Basic Analytic Primer on Shiism	p. 178
Other Major Figures in the Militant Islamist Movement	p. 189
Al-Qaida's Wedge Issues for the United States to Consider	p. 198
Mindsets that Hamper America's Capabilities	p. 203
Conclusion and Further Reading	p. 212
Notes	p. 215
Glossary	p. 225
Index	p. 243
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