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This text brings together two sets of articles and book chapters by the late author, an extraordinary scholar of Islam in South Asia. The first part of the volume examines Shia-Sunni relations in Pakistan, while the second concerns violent Islamism in the country, covering both the Talibanisation of the Pashtun belt and the jihadi dimension of South Asian Salafism. The work explores the many reasons why Pakistan has been the crucible of political Islam. It offers a historical view of this development, factoring in the impact of colonialism and conflict, including the Soviet-Afghan War and the post-9/11 Western military operations in Afghanistan.

"No topic has captured the public imagination of late quite so dramatically as the specter of global jihadism. While much has been said about the way jihadists behave, their ideology remains poorly understood. As the Levant has imploded and millenarian radicals claim to have revived a Caliphate based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, the need for a nuanced and accurate understanding of jihadist beliefs has never been greater. Shiraz Maher charts the intellectual underpinnings of Salafi-jihadism from its origins in the mountains of the Hindu Kush to the jihadist insurgencies of the 1990s and the 9/11 Wars. What emerges is the story of a pragmatic but resilient warrior doctrine that often struggles--as so many utopian ideologies do--to consolidate the idealism of theory with the reality of practice. His ground-breaking introduction to Salafi-jihadism recalibrates our understanding of the ideas underpinning one of the most destructive political philosophies of our time by assessing classical works from Islamic antiquity alongside those of contemporary ideologues. Packed with refreshing and provocative insights, Maher's book explains how war and insecurity engendered one of the most significant socio-religious movements of the modern era."--Jacket.

Salafism after the Arab Awakening : contending with people's power / Francesco Cavatorta and Fabio Merone -- Revisiting Wiktorowicz : categorising and defining the branches of Salafism / Joas Wagemakers -- Unpacking the sacred canopy : Egypt's Salafis between religion and politics / Khalil al-Anani -- Lebanon's Salafis : opportunities and constraints in a divided society / Adham Saouli -- To rebel or not to rebel : dilemmas among Saudi Salafis in a revolutionary age / Stéphane Lacroix -- Salafi movements and the political process in Morocco / Mohammed Masbah -- The establishment and positioning of al-Rashad : a case study of political Salafism in Yemen / Judit Kuschnitzki -- The dual effect of the Arab Spring on Salafi integration : political Salafism in Jordan / Joas Wagemakers -- Salafis at war in Syria : logics of fragmentation and realignment / Thomas Pierret -- The multi-faceted dimensions of Tunisian Salafism / Stefano M. Torelli -- Salafi dynamics in Kuwait : politics, fragmentation and change / Zoltan Pall -- Gender activism in Salafism : a case study of Salafi women in Tunis / Iris Kolman --Quietist Salafis, the Arab Spring and the politicisation process / Laurent Bonnefoy -- Conclusion : Salafis and the acceptance of the political / Roel Meijer

Salafismus zeigt sich derzeit hauptsaechlich in der medial aufgearbeiteten Form des zeitgenoessischen politischen Salafismus': radikal, schnell wachsend, national und international als aktuelle Bedrohung empfunden. Dem oeffentlichen Diskurs fehlt es haeufig an Information und Differenzierung. Es gilt einerseits, Gefahren nicht kleinzureden, um Praevention und angemessene Reaktion zu ermoeglichen, und andererseits diese Minderheit in der Minderheit daran zu hindern, das Bild der Muslime in der Mehrheitsgesellschaft zu praegen. Informierend und differenzierend untersucht der vorliegende Band das Thema Salafismus in zwei Teilen unter den Gesichtspunkten Geschichte und Gegenwart des Salafismus in der islamischen Welt und, dem Titel folgend, Salafismus in Deutschland. Radikalisierung und Praevention.

Militant Salafism is one of the most significant movements in politics today. Unfortunately its significance has not been matched by understanding. To begin to address this knowledge deficit this book argues that, rather than the largely unhelpful pursuit of individual 'root causes' offered in much of the literature, we would be better served by looking at the factors that have enabled and facilitated a particular political imaginary. That political imaginary is one that allows individuals to conceive of themselves as integral members of a global battle waged between the forces of Islam and the West, something that lies at the heart of militant Salafism. Frazer Egerton shows how the ubiquity of modern media and the prevalence of movement have allowed for a transformation of existing beliefs into an ideology supportive of militant Salafism against the West amongst Western Muslims

Geneology of debates on the relative status and the authenticity of the various sources of legal authority in the Sunni islamic tradition -- Neo-traditional salafism: its main proponents and its manhaj -- The delineating features of pre-modern embedded manahij and their interpretational implications -- NTS religiously ideal "believer" and "Muslim woman" concepts -- Progressive Muslims: conceptualising and engaging the Islamic tradition -- Progressive Muslims' model of interpretation (manhaj) and their interpretational implications -- Progressive Muslims' religiously ideal "believer" and "muslim woman" concepts