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The Columbia world dictionary of Islamism, Olivier Roy and Antoine Sfeir, editors ; English edition translated, and edited by John King

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The Columbia world dictionary of Islamism

dictionaries

154711143

Olivier Roy and Antoine Sfeir, editors ; English edition translated, and edited by John King

"Antoine Sfeir's Columbia World Dictionary of Islamismis a major resource. Translated for the first time from the original French, this volume features more than two thousand entries on the history of Islamism and Islamic countries. It provides a balanced account of events and organizations, as well as philosophers, activists, militants, and other prominent figures, and offers a window into a movement that has irrevocably changed both Muslim and Western societies. The dictionary includes entries on the roots of Islamism and jihad in Africa, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, the Balkans, and the United States, among many other countries and locations."--Jacket