Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: Texts and Contexts from al-Banna to Bin Laden

538 Pages·2009·3.343 MB·English

by  Roxanne L. Euben, Muhammad Qasim Zaman

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Readings in Islamist Thought: Texts and Contexts from al-Banna to
Bin Laden
Princeton Readings in
Islamist Thought
texts and contexts from
al-banna to bin laden
Edited and Introduced by
Roxanne L. Euben
and Muhammad Qasim Zaman
princeton university press
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Princeton readings in Islamist thought : texts and contexts
from al-Banna to Bin Laden / edited and with an introduction
by Roxanne L. Euben and Muhammad Qasim Zaman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-691-13588-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)—
ISBN 978-0-691-13587-8 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1. Islam—20th century. 2. Islam—21st century.
3. Religion and politics—Islamic countries. 4. Islamic
fundamentalism. 5. Islamic modernism. I. Euben,
Roxanne Leslie, 1966– II. Zaman, Muhammad Qasim.
BP163.P72 2009
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi
Permissions xiii
A Note on Transliteration, Spelling, and Other Conventions xvii
Chapter 1
Introduction 1
Part I
Islamism: An Emergent Worldview
Chapter 2
Hasan al-Banna 49
Toward the Light 56
Chapter 3
Sayyid Abu’l-A‘la Mawdudi 79
The Islamic Law 86
Chapter 4
Sayyid Abu’l-Hasan ‘Ali Nadwi 107
Muslim Decadence and Revival 112
Chapter 5
Sayyid Qutb 129
Signposts along the Road 136
In the Shade of the Qur’an 145
Part II
Remaking the Islamic State
Chapter 6
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 155
Islamic Government 163
Chapter 7
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr 181
The General Framework of the Islamic Economy 186
viii CONTENTS
Chapter 8
Hasan al-Turabi 207
The Islamic State 213
Chapter 9
Yusuf al-Qaradawi 224
Islam and Democracy 230
Part III
Islamism and Gender
Chapter 10
Murtaza Mutahhari 249
The Human Status of Woman in the Qur’an 254
Chapter 11
Zaynab al-Ghazali 275
An Islamist Activist 283
From Days of My Life, chapter 2 288
Chapter 12
Nadia Yassine 302
Modernity, Muslim Women, and
Politics in the Mediterranean 311
Part IV
Violence, Action, and Jihad
Chapter 13
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Salam Faraj 321
The Neglected Duty 327
Chapter 14
‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman 344
The Present Rulers and Islam: Are They Muslims or Not? 350
Chapter 15
Hamas 356
Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
of Palestine 364
Chapter 16
Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah 387
Islamic Unity and Political Change 394
September 11th, Terrorism, Islam, and the Intifada 403