Good Muslim, bad Muslim :
Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946-.
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Mahmood Mamdani.
New York : Three Leaves Press, ©2004.
xiv, 304 pages ; 21 cm.
English
9780385515375
Cold War.
Islam and politics
History
20th century.
Terrorism
Political aspects
History
20th century.
Drug traffic
Political aspects
History
20th century.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Causes.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Causes.
Developing countries
Foreign relations
United States.
Islam and politics
History
20th century.
Terrorism
Political aspects
History
20th century.
Drug traffic
Political aspects
History
20th century.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Causes.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Causes.
Developing countries
Foreign relations
United States.
,United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
,United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.
,Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
,United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries.
E840. / M363 2005
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
3ACKU000373984
Abstract: "Dispels the idea of 'good' (secular, westernized) and 'bad' (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities ... Argues that political Islam emerged as the result of a modern encounter with Western power, and that the terrorist movement at the center of Islamist politics is an even more recent phenomenon, one that followed America's embrace of proxy war after its defeat in Vietnam"—jacket.