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UNHOLY WAR Also by John L. Esposito Author The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? Islam: The Straight Path Women in Muslim Family Law Islam and Politics Makers of Contemporary Islam (with John O. Voll) World Religions Today (with Darrell J. Fasching and Todd Lewis) Islam and Democracy (with John O. Voll) Editor The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World The Oxford History of Islam The Oxford Dictionary of Islam Political Islam: Revolution, Radicalism, or Reform Voices of Resurgent Islam Islam in Asia: Religion, Politics, and Society The Iranian Revolution: Its Global Impact Muslims on the Americanization Path? (with Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad) Islam, Gender, and Social Change (with Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad) Religion and Global Order (with Michael Watson) Islam and Secularism in the Middle East (with Azzam Tamimi) Muslims and the West: Encounter and Dialogue (with Zafar Ishaq Ansari) UNHOLY WAR Terror in the Name of Islam John L. Esposito 1 2002 3 Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi São Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto and an associated company in Berlin Copyright © 2002 by John L. Esposito Published by Oxford University Press, Inc., 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Esposito, John L. Unholy war : terror in the name of Islam / John L. Esposito. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-515435-5 1. Terrorism—Religious aspects—Islam. 2. Jihad. 3. Islam and world politics. 4. Anti-Americanism. I. Title HV6431 .E76 2002 322.4’2’0882971—dc21 2001058009 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For John and Mary Esposito in honor of their 87th and 90th birthdays Contents Preface / ix 1 The Making of a Modern Terrorist / 3 2 Jihad and the Struggle for Islam / 26 3 The Armies of God / 71 4 Where Do We Go from Here? / 118 Notes / 161 Glossary / 169 Index / 173
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