Fundamentalism fuses religion and politics; and in this compelling book Johannes J. G. Jansen describes and analyzes from original Arabic sources the Islamic incarnation of such a fusion. He offers comparisons with millenarian and revivalist movements in other religious traditions to suggest a basic structural similarity in fundamentalism of different creeds. Fundamentalism rejects a core belief of modernity―the separation of religion and politics―and so; according to Jansen; always has an antimodern or reactionary basis.To explore the logic of contemporary fundamentalist ideology; Jansen draws on the work of the two dominant Islamic commentators on religion and politics; Al-Afghani from the nineteenth century and Ibn Taymiyya from the fourteenth. He examines the theological bases of Muslim militancy; and in particular the justification of violent political action; in the more recent writings of Sayyid Qutb. Further chapters discuss the execution of Shukri Mustafa in Cairo in 1978; in an unsuccessful attempt by the Egyptian authorities to intimidate the fundamentalists; inventory antifundamentlist arguments within contemporary Islam; and examine fundamentalist attitudes toward other Peoples of the Book; particularly Jews; and toward women as political agents. Jansen concludes with an analysis of various attempts within Arab political culture to deal with Islamic fundamentalism.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A must for the reformed personBy David AbelaVery good book to compare confessions in an easy to view format0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great bookBy Russ ChappellWonderful source book and a great addition to any library.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. ... in a somewhat different order than I would have liked. It does make 2 extremely important pointsBy Walter R. NagelThe harmonization is in a somewhat different order than I would have liked. It does make 2 extremely important points; however -- the reformation of the early to mid-17th century; that most people have some cognizance of; didn't come out of nowhere; its foundation was much earlier. And; the reformers; over more than a century; were consistent in their thoughts of what scripture teaches.
