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Warriors of the Prophet, The Struggle for Islam (Paperback)

by Mark Huband (Author)
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  • Paperback: 248 pages
  • Publisher: Basic Books; New edition edition (3 Sep 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0813327814
  • ISBN-13: 978-0813327815
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,170,785 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Based on eyewitness accounts and original interviews, this bold new work provides a vivid portrayal of the evolving political and cultural role played by Islamic fundamentalist movements. Drawing on his firsthand experiences, Mark Huband moves deep inside the contemporary Islamic movements of countries as diverse as Morocco and Afghanistan. Huband reveals how Western powers have contributed to the rise of Islamic movements by their earlier support of the Afghan Islamic resistance and gives detailed accounts of his discussions with militant groups, Muslim scholars, and political opponents of the Islamic movements. Enriching these discussions, the author contextualizes the movements by exploring their historical and intellectual framework. The book uniquely illustrates the variety found within the movements, as well as the range of relationships the Islamic movements have to the various countries in which they are active. Warriors of the Prophet details the current crisis in Algeria; the disappointments of Arab nationalism and socialist experiments in Egypt; the social breakdown of Somalia in relation to the ideal of an Islamic way of life; the disaffected youth in the Islamic movements of Morocco, Egypt, and elsewhere; and the Islamic experiment and its relationship with the non-Islamic world as revealed in Sudans experience since 1989. Through these insightful accounts, Huband gives us a penetrating exploration of one of the major issues of the late twentieth century.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding inquiry into Islamist fundamentalism, 13 Jan 2002
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Mark Huband has produced an outstanding piece of writing on the Islamist fundamentalist phenomenon. Although a relatively short book, he explains in commendable detail but great lucidity the developments and currents leading to the Islamist movement, of which Osama bin Laden is now the most infamous protagonist. He covers its manifestations in considerable depth from Afghanistan to Sudan via North Africa and Somalia, and provides one of the best overviews that I have seen in print. The only shame is that the book only covers events up to about 1998.

Although a journalist - and the book contains its share of revealing interviews with some of the key players, Huband steers away from the purely anecdotal approach to understanding a complex phenomenon. Instead, and this is one of his great strengths vis-a-vis many of his contemporaries, Huband writes with the sure touch of an academic or policy analyst, and provides the reader with considerable analysis and insight on all the main Islamist movements. This is not an easy task when dealing with a gamut of organisations ranging from the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt to the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA), but Huband succeeds, and does so very well.

Highly recommended, this is one of the best books around on the Islamist phenomenon.

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