The most authoritative anthology of Islamist texts
This anthology of key primary texts provides an unmatched introduction
to Islamist political thought from the early twentieth century to the
present, and serves as an invaluable guide through the storm of polemic,
fear, and confusion that swirls around Islamism today. Roxanne Euben and
Muhammad Qasim Zaman gather a broad selection of texts from influential
Islamist thinkers and place these figures and their writings in their
multifaceted political and historical contexts. The selections presented
here in English translation include writings of Ayatollah Khomeini,
Usama bin Laden, Muslim Brotherhood founder Hasan al-Banna, and Moroccan
Islamist leader Nadia Yassine, as well as the Hamas charter, an
interview with a Taliban commander, and the final testament of 9/11
hijacker Muhammad Ata.
Illuminating the content and political appeal of Islamist thought, this
anthology brings into sharp relief the commonalities in Islamist
arguments about gender, democracy, and violence, but it also reveals
significant political and theological disagreements among thinkers too
often grouped together and dismissed as extremists or terrorists. No
other anthology better illustrates the diversity of Islamist thought,
the complexity of its intellectual and political contexts, or the
variety of ways in which it relates to other intellectual and religious
trends in the contemporary Muslim world.
