ABOUT THE BOOK
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Since September 11, 2001, interest in and concern with things
Islamic has reached unprecedented levels in the United States and much of the
World. Academics and policymakers have been hauled in front of microphones and
television cameras, looking very much like deer caught in headlights in their
efforts to explain the context in which the Al Qaeda phenomena emerged. And it
is a daunting task, both because of the complexity of the subject matter and because
so little is known about Islam by the general population.
This book is highly useful too academic researchers and members
of the general public who seek answers to questions pertaining to the subject
of Islamism.
ABOUT Author
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JOHN CALVERT is an associate professor of history at Creighton University.
He is the translator and editor of an English translation of Sayyid Qutb’s A Child
from the Village, the editor of a special issue of Historical Reflections on “Islam and Modernity,” and the translator
of several entries in Terrorism: A
Documentary and Reference Guide (Greenwood, 2005), among other works.