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Covering of Muslim women is often perceived as a sign of oppression in the Western eye. Nonetheless, there are a soaring number of women who choose to wear the Islamic headgear as a sign of their liberation and commitment to God. Although these women have long been of interest for the peoples of the Occident with endless material produced about them in the past, it was invariably through the monotonal voice of the Orientalist from a position of outside authority. Here the reader will hear, for a change, the insiders' voices from within the Orient, the voices of the contemporary Turkish women who cover, willingly and yes, decisively. Their day to day struggles in search for their niche in the secular Turkish society is intended to open a new window and provide an alternative perspective for the Western reader.

Prologue: the end of the world draws nigh -- True and false messiahs of Islam -- The archeology of end times -- The grand masters of the medieval apocalypse -- Avatars of the Mahdi -- Apocalypse now -- The dawn of the fifteenth century of Islam -- Pioneers of the contemporary apocalypse -- The horsemen of apocalyptic jihad -- The beginning of the end in Iraq -- The grand return of the Shiʿi Mahdi -- Diasporas of the apocalypse -- The armageddon of jihad -- Epilogue: through the looking glass-and beyond

Front Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction -- 1. The First Wave of Radicals -- 2. Europe as Islamic Melting Pot -- 3. Recruitment for Jihad -- 4. Islamist Opposition Groups and European Support Networks -- 5. Europe as Battleground -- 6. Algerian Radicalism Targets France -- 7. The 9/11 Effect and 'Globalized' Islam -- 8. The Madrid Bombings -- 9. The London Bombings -- 10. Radical Converts -- 11. The Danish Cartoon Row and the Dilemma of the Moderates -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.