Middle East Studies

This is a very stimulating study that successfully and productively ...

(Prof. Dr. Nasr H. Abu Zayd, Islamic Stud)

This is a very stimulating study that successfully and productively combines a discourse analysis approach with socio-political investigation of the world situation after September 11th. The study in fact reveals more than it seems to convey about the two fundamentalist powers, international terrorism and the 'war against terrorism'. They are the sound and the echo, or the image and its reflection, thus reveals Azza Karam's book.

(Prof. Dr. Nasr H. Abu Zayd, Islamic Studies, Leiden University)

This is a solid selection of original articles, including several ...

(Augustus Richard Norton, Professor, Bost)

This is a solid selection of original articles, including several unique case studies on Muslims and politics in Europe. In contrast to the usual fare, which is all too often a mile wide and an inch deep, these are solid, serious, and provocative pieces that open new vistas of understanding and ask novel questions. This is precisely the collection of new pieces that the informed reader will want in hand as he or she grapples with understanding Political Islam as a transnational phenomenon.

(Augustus Richard Norton, Professor, Boston University)

Transnational Political Islam presents a unique insight into the relations ...

(Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen - Prof. of Islam)

Transnational Political Islam presents a unique insight into the relations between political Islam or Islamism in the Muslim world and its links - conceptually and organizationally - within the western world. Rather thanthe simplistic notion of Islamism as terrorism, the authors of thiscollection argue for a more profound and subtle understanding of theintersection between religion and politics globally and locally, whilesimultaneously warning of the triggers of radicalism inherent in allsocieties during these critical times. This volume is a must for students ofIslam and politics.

(Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen - Prof. of Islamic Studies and Director, Graduate Institute for Theology and Religion University of Birmingham)