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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration and Quotations -- Introduction -- 1. From America to Yemen -- 2. Awlaki and Activist Salafism -- 3. Awlaki and Salafi-Jihadism: Theory and Praxis -- 4. "And Inspire the Believers . . ." -- 5. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab -- 6. Nidal Hasan -- 7. Zachary Adam Chesser -- 8. Awlaki and the Islamic State in the West -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on transliteration and translations -- The clash within Islam: a sampling of representative quotes -- Introduction: Wasaṭī Islamism -- 1. Wasaṭiyya, an innovating Salafism: reform (iṣlāḥ) and renewal (tajdīd) -- 2. The Wasaṭiyya school as shaped by Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī: from the Muslim Brotherhood to Wasaṭiyya -- 3. al-Qaraḍāwī, al-Azhar, and the Muslim Brotherhood -- 4. Wasaṭiyya: between the Muslim Brotherhood and Jihadi Salafism -- 5. The conception of jihad: Wasaṭ apologetics, Jihadi Salafī selective reading, and liberal claims of distorted interpretation -- 6. Principles of Wasaṭ judicial decisions: Salafī and Wasaṭ dogmatism versus liberal openness to reform -- Conclusion: Islam at a crossroads -- Appendix A. Fundamental principles of the Wasaṭiyya and renewal movement -- Appendix B. The neoliberal platform by Shākir al-Nābulsī -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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