Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm

Since the end of the Cold War, the West has mounted a campaign against Islam as the essential source of terrorism and the Muslims as necessarily terrorists. However, the problems of violence and terror are not isolated issues but have epistemological and unspoken real causes. Violence is related to...

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Main Authors:	El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir, Khriji, Tesnim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press 2006
Subjects:	BL Religion BP173.5 Islam and world politics
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spelling	iium-94992013-07-24T06:48:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/9499/ Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir Khriji, Tesnim BL Religion BP173.5 Islam and world politics Since the end of the Cold War, the West has mounted a campaign against Islam as the essential source of terrorism and the Muslims as necessarily terrorists. However, the problems of violence and terror are not isolated issues but have epistemological and unspoken real causes. Violence is related to despotism, especially the despotism of hegemony. The US-led war on terrorism is not a simple struggle between good and evil. The hidden reasons behind it makes it difficult for the Muslims and others in the Third World to appreciate the efforts. IIUM Press 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/9499/1/Islam_and_Terrorism_-_Beyond_the_Wisdom_of_the_Secularist_Paradigm.pdf El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir and Khriji, Tesnim (2006) Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm. Intellectual Discourse, 14 (1). pp. 47-70. ISSN 0128-4878 http://www.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/87
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description	Since the end of the Cold War, the West has mounted a campaign against Islam as the essential source of terrorism and the Muslims as necessarily terrorists. However, the problems of violence and terror are not isolated issues but have epistemological and unspoken real causes. Violence is related to despotism, especially the despotism of hegemony. The US-led war on terrorism is not a simple struggle between good and evil. The hidden reasons behind it makes it difficult for the Muslims and others in the Third World to appreciate the efforts.
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title	Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
title_short	Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
title_full	Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm
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Islam and terrorism: beyond the wisdom of the secularist paradigm

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