Ebook: Legacy Of The Prophet: Despots, Democrats and the New Politics of Islam

Offers a controversial argument that the main currents of political Islam, despite recent world events, are rejecting militancy for the sake of democratic politics? a shift of historical importance.;Note on Transliterations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: A Question of Identity: From Afghanistan to Egypt, Islam as a Refuge in Troubled Times; 2: Intersections and Messages: Islam Interpreted and Reinterpreted; 3: The Hidden Duty: The Rise and Fall of Militant Islam in a War Without Borders; 4: God's Call: Behind a Backdrop of Violence, a Blend of Religion and Social Activism; 5: Faith and Fatherland: The Monopoly of God and Sudan's Experiment with Islam in Power; 6: Iran's Lesson: The Iranian Revolution and the Rebirth of Political Islam.