Kepel, Gilles. <br/><br/>
Jihad :  the trail of political islam / 
Gilles Kepel. 
 - [S.l.] :  I.B.Tauris,  2003. 
 - 364 p. 
<br/><br/> The late 20th century saw the emergence of an unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon culminating in a devastating onslaught on the West in 2001: Islamist political movements. Beginning in the early 1970s, militants revolted against the regimes in power across the Muslim world and exacerbated political conflicts internationally. Their jihad - or "Holy Struggle" - aimed to establish a global Islamic state based solely on a strict interpretation of the Qur'an. "Jihad" is a comprehensive attempt to follow the history and spread of this new political-religious phenomenon. Gilles Kepel has travelled throughout the Muslim world gathering documents, interviews and archival material inaccessible to most scholars. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1860646840 (paperback) 9781860646843 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam<br/>Islam and politics<br/>Islam and state<br/>Islamic fundamentalism<br/>Jihad
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP173.7 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.550917671  / KEP 2003