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Author Abou Zahab, Mariam.

Uniform Title Reseaux islamiques. English
Title Islamist networks : the Afghan-Pakistan connection / by Mariam Abou Zahab and Olivier Roy ; translated from the French by John King.

Imprint New York : Columbia University Press in association with the Centre d'etudes et de recherches internationales, Paris, 2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  322.420958 Ab76i 2004    ---  Available
Description xi, 88 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Series The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ex-Soviet Central Asia: -- The Tajik party of the Islamic Renaissance (PIR) -- The Islamic movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) -- Hizb ul-Tahrir (Party of liberation) -- -- Afghanistan : from the Islamists to the Taliban and Al-Qaida -- -- Pakistan : from religious conservatism to political radicalism: -- Deobandi movements and violent action -- The active jihadist tendency in Kashmir and Afghanistan from the Harakat ul-Ansar to the Jaish-i-Muhammad -- Salafism and jihadism -- -- Connections and dynamics: -- The al-Qaida movement and the Afghans : the fusion between the Taliban and al-Qaida, the role of Pakistan, the Pakistani military intelligence services and the radical tendency -- Pakistani Islamists at the heart of transnational links -- The Pakistanisation of Al-Qaida -- The blurring of strategic and ideological alignments.
Subject Islam and politics -- Pakistan.
Islam and politics -- Afghanistan.
Islam and politics -- Asia, Central.
Terrorism -- Pakistan.
Terrorism -- Afghanistan.
Terrorism -- Asia, Central.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Added Author Roy, Olivier, 1949-
ISBN 0231133642 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231133647 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. NLGGC 259699802

 
    
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