TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karagiannis,Emmanuel
TI  - The new political Islam: human rights, democracy, and justice 
T2  - Haney Foundation series
SN  - 9780812249729 (hbk.)
U1  - 320.557 22
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Muslim converts
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Europe
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Sunnites
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Shiites
KW  - Islamic fundamentalism
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Justice
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - MASPPSS
KW  - October2019
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Islamist political parties and groups are on the rise throughout the Muslim world and in Muslim communities in the West. Owing largely to the threat of terrorism, political Islam is often portrayed as a monolithic movement embodying fundamentalism and theocracy, an image magnified by the rise of populism and xenophobia in the United States and Europe. Reality, however, is far more complicated. Political Islam has evolved considerably since its spectacular rise decades ago, and today it features divergent viewpoints and contributes to discrete but simultaneous developments worldwide. This is a new political Islam, more global in scope but increasingly local in action. Emmanuel Karagiannis offers a sophisticated analysis of the different manifestations of contemporary Islamism. In a context of global economic and social changes, he finds local manifestations of Islamism are becoming both more prevalent and more diverse. Many Islamists turn to activism, still more participate formally in the democratic process, and some, in far fewer numbers, advocate violence-a wide range of political persuasions and tactics that reflects real and perceived political, cultural, and identity differences.
ER  -