Islam and Political Violence

Shahram Akbarzadeh is a Senior Lecturer in Global Politics at Monash University. He is Director of the Centre for Muslim Minorities and Islam Policy Studies (CMMIPS). He is the author of 'Uzbekistan and the United States: Islamism, Authoritarianism and Washington's Security Agenda'. Fethi Mansouri is Associate Professor in Middle Eastern Studies at Deakin University. He is the Project Group chair of the Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation and the founding Convenor of the Refugee Studies Group. He is co-author of 'Lives in Limbo' and the editor of 'Australia and the Middle East' (I.B. Tauris 2006).

• Chapter 1: Contextualising Neo-IslamPART I: THE GLOBAL CONTEXTChapter 2: Radical Islam and the 'War on Terror' Chapter 3: Imagining Pan-IslamChapter 4: Jihadism and Intercivilisational Conflict: Conflicting Images of the Self and the OtherPART II: THE ENEMY WITHINChapter 5: New and Old Xenophobia: The Crisis of Liberal MulticulturalismChapter 6: Risk Society and the Islamic OtherChapter 7: From Diaspora Islam to Globalised IslamPART III: JIHADISM AND ITS ALTERNATIVESChapter 8: Conceptions of Jihad and Conflict Resolution in Muslim SocietiesChapter 9: Hizbut Tahrir in Indonesia: Seeking a 'Total' Islamic IdentityChapter 10: Between 'Jihad' and 'McWorld': Engaged Sufism in IndonesiaChapter 11: No Respect: Forging Democracy in Bosnia and Kosovo

"'Judiciously blending theoretical discussions with the analysis of manifestations of Islamic sentiment in important parts of the world, this book offers a wealth of instructive material for both specialist and general readers.' - Professor William Maley, Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University, Canberra"