When Worlds Collide: Exploring the Ideological and Political Foundations of the Clash of CivilizationsRowman & Littlefield, 2007 - 261 pages In When Worlds Collide, Gene Heck challenges conventional wisdom that the introspective Wahhabi movement or classic Islamic doctrines are the root causes of modern Middle East terrorism. Instead, he persuasively argues that current regional unrest stems directly from internal perceptions of relative political and economic deprivation as well as from ad hoc abortive efforts by tunnel-visioned Western intelligence agencies to co-opt radical regional political-religious elements as opposing forces against other emerging global ideologies deemed more politically dangerous at the time. The greatest opportunity to neutralize these militant fringe element in turn, lies not in the imposition of Anglo-American democracy, but rather through reaching out to moderate allies who are the vast majority within the Islamic world, promoting self-determined governing systems, and creating constructive development programs that ensure a more equitable distribution of wealth to the economically disenfranchised to whom the extremist groups now appeal. Foreign policy analysts and decision makers, as well as scholars of both religion and Middle Eastern politics, will value Heck's detailed analysis. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Concept of Jihad in Historic Context | 17 |
On the Islamic Doctrine of War | 33 |
Getting From There to Here | 45 |
Jihad Do Wahhabis Get a Bad Rap? | 65 |
Eastern Designs and Holy War | 83 |
How Western Jihad Created AlQaeda | 95 |
Is Western Democracy the Answer? | 109 |
Islams Code of Conduct for Engaging Foreign Policy | 161 |
Islams Code of Conduct for Waging Just War | 175 |
Islams Code of Conduct for Pursuing Just Peace | 191 |
The Use of Quranic Verses as Militant Propaganda | 205 |
Notes | 213 |
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About the Author | |
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