Islam & Economics
Islam & Politics
Islam & the West
Middle East

Books

Ibraham, Ishak. Black Gold & Holy War: The Religious Secret Behind the Petrodollar. Nashville, TN, T. Nelson, 1983. 129 p.
Book call no.: 297.0904 I114b

Islam and Power, edited by Alexander S. Cudsi and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. 204 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 I82

Mehmet, Ozay. Islamic Identity and Development: Studies of the Islamic Periphery. New York, Routledge, 1990. 259 p.
Argues that Islamic societies must move towards greater openness and an organic need for a public policy that is not only responsive to material human needs, but which also satisfies the ethical preconditions of the Islamic social contract.
Book call no.: 297.197809561 M498i

Muslim World: Geography and Development, edited by Mushtaqur Rahman. Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 1987. 190 p.
Book call no.: 330.917671 M987

The Politics of Islamic Reassertion, edited by Mohammed Ayoob. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1981. 298 p.
Book call no.: 320.917671 P769

Water Management in Islam, edited by Naser I. Faruqui. New York, United Nations University Press, 2001. 149 p.
Book call no.: 363.61 W3242

Periodicals

Useem, Jerry. Banking on Allah. Fortune 145:154-160 June 10, 2002.
Discusses the prohibition in the Qur'an against giving or receiving interest. Focuses on the financial systems of Islamic fundamentalist societies.

Islam & Politics

Books

After Empire: The Emerging Geopolitics of Central Asia, edited by Jed C. Snyder. Washington, National Defense University Press, 1995. 235 p.
Book call no.: 327.58 A258

Ahrari, Mohammed E. The New Great Game in Muslim Central Asia. Washington, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 1996. 91 p.
Book call no.: 327.58 A287n

al-Ghazzali, Muhammad. Our Beginning in Wisdom, translated from the Arabic by Ismail R. el Faruqi. Washington, American Council of Learned Societies, 1953. 145 p.
Translation of Min Huna Nalam.
Book call no.: 297 A396o

al-Sayed, Abdul Malik A. Social Ethics of Islam: Classical Islamic-Arabic Political Theory and Practice. New York, Vantage Press, 1982. 374 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 A461s

Asad, Muhammad. The Principles of State and Government in Islam. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1961. 107 p.
Book call no.: 297 A798p

Ayubi, Nazih N. M. Political Islam: Religion and Politics in the Arab World. New York, Routledge, 1991. 291 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 A989p

Bani Sadr, Abu al-Hasan. The Fundamental Principles and Precepts of Islamic Government, translated from the Persian by Mohammad R. Ghanoonparvar. Lexington, KY, Mazda Publishers, 1981. 104 p.
Book call no.: 297.89177 B217f

Batur-VanderLippe, Pinar and Vanderlippe, John. The Rise of the Counter-Hegemony?: Islam in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Washington, National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1995. 81 p.
Book call no.: 320.958 B336r

Bin Sayeed, Khalid. Western Dominance and Political Islam: Challenge and Response. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1995. 197 p.
Book call no.: 303.4825604 B612w

Binder, Leonard. Islamic Liberalism: A Critique of Development Ideologies. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1988. 399 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 B612i

Black, Anthony. The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the Present. New York, Routledge, 2001. 377 p.
Book call no.: 320.55 B627h

Cruise O'Brien, Donal B. Charisma and Brotherhood in African Islam. Oxford, UK, Clarendon Press, 1988. 223 p.
Book call no.: 297.0967 C955c

Dietl, Wilhelm. Holy War, translated by Martha Humpheys. New York, Macmillan, 1984. 349 p.
Book call no.: 956.04 D565h

Ehteshami, Anoushiravan. From the Gulf to Central Asia: Players in the New Great Game. Exeter, UK, University of Exeter Press, 1994. 242 p.
Book call no.: 327.58 F931

Eickelman, Dale F. Muslim Politics. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1996. 235 p.
Book call no.: 320.956 E34m

El-Affendi, Abdelwahab. Turabi's Revolution: Islam and Power in Sudan. London, Grey Seal, 1991. 209 p.
Book call no.: 322.109624 E37t

Esposito, John L. Islam and Democracy. New York, Oxford University Press, 1996. 232 p.
Book call no.: 320.917671 E77i

Esposito, John L. Islam and Politics. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press, 1984. 273 p.
Book call no.: 320.917671 E64i

Esposito, John L. Islam: The Straight Path. New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. 286 p.
Book call no.: 297 E77i

Esposito, John L. Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam. New York, Oxford University Press, 2002. 196 p.
Book call no.: 322.42 E77u

Fregosi, Paul. Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 1998. 442 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 F859j

Gerges, Fawaz A. America and Political Islam: Clash of Cultures or Clash of Interests?. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1999. 282 p.
Book call no.: 327.73017671 G367a

Ghadbian, Najib. Democratization and the Islamist Challenge in the Arab World. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1997. 171 p.
Book call no.: 320.9174927 G411d

Grammy, Abbas P. and Bragg, C. Kaye. United States-Third World Relations in the New World Order. New York, Nova Science Publishes, 1996. 438 p.
See "Economic Development in Muslim Countries: A Comparative Empirical Analysis" by David H. Johns.
Book call no.: 327.7301724 G746u

Haghayeghi, Mehrdad. Islam and Politics in Central Asia. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995. 264 p.
Book call no.: 320.958 H145i

Halliday, Fred. Islam and the Myth of Confrontation: Religion and Politics in the Middle East. New York, I. B. Tauris, 1996. 255 p.
Book call no.: 320.956 H188i

Hibbard, Scott W. and Little, David. Islamic Activism and U.S. Foreign Policy. Washington, United States Institute of Peace Press, 1997. 137 p.
Book call no.: 327.73017671 H624i

Hoveyda, Fereydoun. The Broken Crescent: The "Threat" of Militant Islamic Fundamentalism. Westport, CN, Praeger, 1998. 237 p.
Book call no.: 320.55 H846b

Husain, Mir Zohair. Global Islamic Politics. New York, HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995. 330 p.
Book call no.: 322.10917671 H968g

Husry, Khaldun Sati. Origins of Modern Arab Political Thought. Delmar, NY, Caravan Books, 1980. 176 p.
Book call no.: 320.1 H971t

Inayat, Hamid. Modern Islamic Political Thought. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 1982. 225 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 E56m

Islam and International Relations, edited by J. Harris Proctor. New York, Praeger, 1965. 221 p.
Book call no.: 297 P964i

Islam, Democracy, and the State in North Africa, edited by John P. Entelis. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1997. 228 p.
Book call no.: 320.961 I82

Islam in an Era of Nation-States: Politics and Religious Renewal in Muslim Southeast Asia, edited by Robert W. Hefner and Patricia Horvatich. Honolulu, HI, University of Hawaii Press, 1997. 327 p.
Book call no.: 322.10959 I82

Islam, Muslims, and the Modern State: Case-Studies in Thirteen Countries, edited by Hussin Mutalib and Taj ul-Islam Hashmi. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1994. 374 p.
Book call no.: 320.08 I82

Islamic Fundamentalism, edited by Abdel Salam Sikahmed and Anoushiravan Eheshami. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1996. 284 p.
Book call no.: 322.10917671 I821

Islamic Political Ethics: Civil Society, Pluralism, and Conflict, edited by Sohail H. Hashmi. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2002. 227 p.
Book call no.: 172 I82

Islamic Resurgence in the Arab World, edited by Ali E. Hillal Dessouki. New York, Praeger, 1982. 274 p.
Book call no.: 322.10917671 I82

Islamism and Secularism in North Africa, edited by John Ruedy. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1994. 298 p.
Book call no.: 961 I82

The Islamism Debate, edited by Martin Kramer. Tel Aviv, Israel, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, 1997. 178 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 I82

The Islamist Dilemma: The Political Role of Islamist Movements in the Contemporary Arab World, edited by Laura Guazzone. Reading, UK, Ithaca Press, 1995. 390 p.
Book call no.: 320.55 I821

Johnson, James Turner. The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions. University Park, PA, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997.
185 p.
Book call no.: 297.7 J67h

Karawan, Ibramhim. The Islamist Impasse. New York, Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1997. 80 p.
Book call no.: 909.82 I61a no. 314

Karpat, Kemal H. The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001. 533 p.
Examines the transformation and Islamic revivalism of the Ottoman society and state in Turkey.
Book call no.: 320.5409561 K18p

Keller, Shoshana. To Moscow, Not Mecca: The Soviet Campaign Against Islam in Central Asia. Westport, CN, Praeger, 2001. 277 p.
Book call no.: 958.041 K29t

Khadduri, Majid. War and Peace in the Law of Islam. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins Press, 1955. 321 p.
Book call no.: 297 K45w

Kramer, Matin S. Political Islam. Beverly Hills, CA, Sage Publications, 1980.
88 p.
Book call no.: 909.82 G351w no. 73

Kukah, M. H. Religious Militancy and Self-Assertion: Islam and Politics in Nigeria. Brookfield, VT, Ashgate Pub. Co, 1996. 298 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 K96r

Lesch, Ann Mosely. The Sudan: Contested National Identities. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1998. 299 p.
Book call no.: 320.9624 L625s

Levtzion, Nehemia. Islam in West Africa: Religion, Society, and Politics to 1800. Altershot, UK, Variorum, 1994. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 966 L667i

Manz, Beatrice Forbes. Varieties of Religious Authority and Practice in Central Asia. Washington, NCEER, The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, 1999. 19 p.
Book call no.: 322.10958 M296v

Mastnak, Tomaz. Crusading Peace: Christendom, the Muslim World, and Western Political Order. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2002.
406 p.
Book call no.: 909.07 M423c

Mawsilili, Ahmad. Moderate and Radical Islamic Fundamentalism: The Quest for Modernity, Legitimacy, and the Islamic State. Gainesville, FL, University Press of Florida, 1999. 249 p.
Book call no.: 297.272 M462m

Miller, Judith. God has Ninety-Nine Names: Reporting from a Militant Middle East. New York, Simon & Schuster, 574 p.
Book call no.: 322.10917671 M648g

Mozaffari, Mehdi. Authority in Islam: From Muhammad to Khomeini. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 1987. 129 p.
Doc. call no.: 322.10917671 M939a

The New Agenda for International Relations: From Polarization to Globalization in World Politics?, edited by Stephanie Lawson. Malden, MA, Polity in Association with Blackwell, 2002. 234 p.
See "Transnational paranoia and international relations: the case of the "West versus Islam' by James N. Rosenau.
Book call no.: 327 N532

Oded, Arye. Islam and Politics in Kenya. Boulder, CO, L. Rienner, 2000. 236 p.
Book call no.: 322.109676 O23i

Olcott, Martha Brill. The Future of Fundamentalism in Central Asia. Washington, National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1994.
17 p.
Book call no.: 297.0958 O43f

Olcott, Martha Brill. Islam and Post-Independence State Building in Central Asia. Washington, National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1994. 16 p.
Book call no.: 297.0958 O43ia

Peters, Rudolph. Islam and Colonialism: The Doctrine of Jihad in Modern History.. New York, Mouton, 1979. 245 p.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 956.01 P483i

Peters, Rudolph. Jihad in Classical and Modern Islam: A Reader. Princeton, NJ, Markus Wiener Publishers, 1996. 204 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 P483j

Petterson, Donald. Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, and Catastrophe. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1999. 209 p.
Book call no.: 327.730624 P499i

Pipes, Daniel. In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power. New York, Basic Books, 1983. 373 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 P665i

Piscatori, James P. Islam in a World of Nation-States. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1986. 193 p.
Book call no.: 322.10917671 P676i

Poliakov, Sergei Petrovich. Everyday Islam: Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia, edited with an introduction by Martha Brill Olcott and translated by Anthony Olcott. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 1992. 155 p.
A translation of Bytovoi Islam.
Book call no.: 958.4 P766e

Political Islam, edited by Charles E. Butterworth and I. William Zartman. Newbury Park, CA, Sage Publications, 1992. 232 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 P769

Religion in Politics and Society, edited by Michael Kelly and Lynn M. Messina. New York, H. W. Wilson, 2002. 206 p.
See chapter 7 "A Faith with Many Faces" by David R. Sands which outlines the various branches of Islam today.
Book call no.: 808.5 R332 v.74 no.3

Religion & Politics in East Africa: The Period Since Independence, edited by Holger Bernt Hansen & Michael Twaddle. London, J. Currey, 1995. 278 p.
Book call no.: 322.109676 R382

Roy, Olivier. The Failure of Political Islam, translated by Carol Volk. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1996. 238 p.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 322.10917671 R888f

Russia's Muslim Frontiers: New Directions in Cross-Cultural Analysis, edited by Dale F. Eickelman. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1993. 206 p.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 958 R969

Shadid, Anthony. Legacy of the Prophet: Despots, Democrats, and the New Politics of Islam. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 2001. 340 p.
Book call no.: 320.917671 S524L

Sidahmed, Abdel Salam. Politics and Islam in Contemporary Sudan. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1996. 249 p.
Book call no.: 320.962 S568p

Simone, T. Abdou Maliqalim. In Whose Image?: Political Islam and Urban Practices in Sudan. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1994. 273 p.
Book call no.: 320.55 S598i

Stone, Martin. The Agony of Algeria. New York, Columbia University Press, 1997. 274 p.
Book call no.: 965.05 S879a

Tibi, Bassam. The Challenge of Fundamentalism: Political Islam and the New World Disorder. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1998. 262 p.
Book call no.: 320.550917671 T553c

Tibi, Bassam. Islam Between Culture and Politics. New York, Palgrave, 2001. 271 p.
Author proposes taking politics out of the faith and the introduction of cultural reforms to embrace secular democracy, pluralism, civil society and individual human rights.
Book call no.: 306.697 T553ia

Turabi, Hasan. Islam, Democracy, the State and the West: A Round Table with Dr. Hasan Turabi, May 10, 1992, edited by Arthur L. Lowrie. Tampa, FL, World & Islam Studies Enterprise, 1993. 100 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 T929i

Viorst, Milton. In the Shadow of the Prophet: The Struggle for the Soul of Islam. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 2001. 355 p.
Book call no.: 320.550917671 V798i

Waardenburg, Jean Jacques. Islam: Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives. New York, Walter de Gruyter, 2002. 436 p.
Book call no.: 297 W111i

Wickham, Carrie Rosefsky. Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt. New York, Columbia University Press, 2002. 306 p.
Book call no.: 962.05 W637m

Documents

Campebell, Alastair. An Investigation into Islamic Fundamentalism and an Assessment of its Relationship with the Concept of Jihad. Ft. Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, June 5, 1992. 127 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 C187i

Carr, William J. The Paradox of Political Islam: Unity and Diversity in the Greater Middle East. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 1996. 202 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 C3122p

Fuller, Graham E. Islamic Fundamentalism in the Northern Tier Countries: An Integrative View. Santa Monica, CA, Rand Corporation, 1991. 44 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 30352-1 no. 3966

Gardner, Simon C. Political Violence in Eurasia: Radical Islam or Rational Acting?. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2000. 87 p.
Argues that the true causes of violence in Central Asia are not predicated on Islamic fanaticism, but more rational and political.
Doc. call no.: M-U42525 G228P

Garland, Jayne E. Tunisia: Islam as a Political Force. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, June 1992. 99 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 G2331f

Hess, Dale A. Islam: Double Edged Sword of Instability in the Middle East. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, 1997. 33 p.
"Examines the role of Islam in regional stability as both a religion and a political influence in the Middle East."
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 H586i

James, Randal K. The Islamist Challenge in the Middle East and North Africa. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, April 1, 1996. 35 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 J28i

LeDieu, Nicholas. Implications for the Soviet Union of an Islamic Revival. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, 1980. 31 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 L473i

Pelletiere, Stephen C. Mass Action and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Revolt of the Brooms. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute. U. S. Army War College, 1992. 28 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-447

The Political Impact of Islam in Sudan: Numayri's Islamization Program. Washington, United States Department of State. Office of External Research, September 1984. 108 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 34871-22 no. 140-84

Sydnor, Calvin H. Understanding Islam. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, May 3, 1990. 70 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-83 S982u

Periodicals

Azzam, Maha. Islamism, the Peace Process and Regional Security. RUSI Journal 140:13-16 October 1995.

Barnett, Neil. Islamist Groups Take Root in the Balkans. Jane's Intelligence Review 14:21-22 January 2002.

Cinar, Menderes. From Shadow-Boxing to Critical Understanding: Some Theoretical Notes on Islamism as a "Political" Question. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions 3:35-57 Summer 2002.
Articles proposes that Islamism be considered a legitimate political movement.

Davis, Anthony. Xinjiang Learns to Live with Resurgent Islam. Jane's Intelligence Review 8:417-421 September 1996.

Esposito, John L. Political Islam and the West. Joint Force Quarterly 24:49-55 Spring 2000.

Gerges, Fawaz A. The Decline of Revolutionary Islam in Algeria and Egypt. Survival 41:113-125 Spring 1999.

Howard, Roger. Wrath of Islam: The HUA (Harakat-ul-Ansar) Analysed. Jane's Intelligence Review 9:466-468 October 1997.

Jawad, Haifaa A. Islam and the West: How Fundamental is the Threat? RUSI Journal 140:34-38 August 1995.

Pipes, Daniel and Stillman, Mimi. The United States Government: Islam's Patron? Middle East Quarterly 9:25-35 Winter 2002.
Elaborates on the four main points of U.S. government policy towards Islam, argues that this policy is spreading the Muslim message.

Tessler, Mark. Islam and Democracy in the Middle East. Comparative Politics 34:337-355 April 2002.
Discusses the beliefs of the Islamist movements. Gives information derived from a study concerning the effect of religious orientation on the attitude and reaction of various Middle Eastern countries on the concept of democracy.

Videos

Islamic Conversations. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities, Inc., 1994.
1 videocassette, 30 min.
Volume 4: The Islamic State.
Video call no.: 297 I824 v. 4

Jihad!: In America. Alexandria, VA, SAE Productions/PBS Video, 1994.
1 videocassette, 57 min.
The program features videos of militants' meetings in the U.S., interviews with leading law enforcement and government officials, and discussion about the civil liberties issues our society faces in dealing with the threat of terrorism.
Video call no.: 297.72 J61

Minefield: The U.S. and the Muslim World. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002. 1 videocassette, 44 min.
An ABC News documentary that examines the politics, religion and culture of the Islamic world.
Video call no.: 327.56073 M664

Islam & the West

Books

Abu-Sahlieh, Sami A. Aldeeb. Muslims in the West (Caught Between the Rights & Duties) Redefining the Separation of Church & State, translated by Sheldon Lee Gosline and forword by Guy Hennebelle. Warren Center, PA, Shangri-La Publications, 2002. 318 p.
Book call no.: 305.8918204 A357m

AbuKhalil, As'ad. Bin Laden, Islam and America's New "War on Terrorism". New York, Seven Stories Press, 2002. 106 p.
A review of contemporary Middle Eastern history, Islamic fundamentalism, and U.S. foreign policy toward the region.
Book call no.: 363.320973 A165b

Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Sami Awad. Muslims in the West: Caught Between Rights & Duties: Redefining the Separation of Church & State. Warren Center, PA, Shangri-La Publications, 2002. 318 p.
Book call no.: 305.8918204 A357m

Armour, Rollin. Islam, Christianity, and the West: A Troubled History. Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Books, 2002. 197 p.
A historical survey of Islamic and Christianity relations over the past one and one-half centuries.
Book call no.: 261.27 A733i

Bin Sayeed, Khalid. Western Dominance and Political Islam: Challenge and Response. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1995. 197 p.
Book call no.: 303.4825604 B612w

Esposito, John L. Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam. New York, Oxford University Press, 2002. 196 p.
Book call no.: 322.42 E77u

Fregosi, Paul. Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 1998. 442 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 F859j

Fuller, Graham E. A Sense of Siege: The Geopolitics of Islam and the West. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1995. 193 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 F965s

Gerges, Fawaz A. America and Political Islam: Clash of Cultures or Clash of Interests?. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1999. 282 p.
Book call no.: 327.73017671 G367a

Harvard University. Summer School of Arts and Science and of Education. Islam and the West: Proceedings of the Harvard Summer School Conference on the Middle East, July 25-27, 1955, edited by Richard N. Fraye. Gravenhage, MA, Mouton, 1957. 214 p.
Book call no.: 950 H3391i

Hunter, Shireen. The Future of Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Peaceful Coexistence?. Westport, CT, Praeger, 1998. 195 p.
Book call no.: 303.4825604 H947f

Islam Encountering Globalization, edited by Ali Mohammadi. New York, RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. 242 p.
"Discusses how Muslim countries are coping with the encounter with globalization, as well as considering how the West is responding to Islam."
Book call no.: 297.272 I821

Islam: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by Jennifer A. Hurley. San Diego, CA, Greenhaven Press, 2001. 170 p.
An Opposing Viewpoints series that addresses "Are the values of Islam and the West in conflict?"; "What is the status of women under Islam?"; "Does Islam promote terrorism?"; and "What policies should the United States take toward Islam?"
Book call no.: 297.26 I82

Jenkins, Everett. The Muslim Diaspora: A Comprehensive Reference to the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 2000. 2 vols.
Book call no.: R 297.09 J52m

Khawaja, Mahboob A. Muslims and the West: Quest for "Change" and Conflict Resolution. Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 2000. 234 p.
Book call no.: 297.0904 K45m

Mastnak, Tomaz. Crusading Peace: Christendom, the Muslim World, and Western Political Order. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2002. 406 p.
Book call no.: 909.07 M423c

Muslims in the West: From Sojourners to Citizens, edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad. New York, Oxford University Press, 2002. 318 p.
Book call no.: 305.6971 M9871

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Traditional Islam in the Modern World. New York, Kegan Paul, 1990. 335 p.
Book call no.: 297.0904 N264t

Petterson, Donald. Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, and Catastrophe. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1999. 209 p.
Book call no.: 327.730624 P499i

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa. Islamic Fundamentalism in Africa and Implications for U.S. Policy. Hearing. 102nd Congress, 2nd session, May 20, 1992. Washington, GPO, 1993. 122 p.
Book call no.: 320.55096 U58i

Van de Weyer, Robert. The Shared Well: A Concise Guide to Relations between Islam and the West. Washington, Brassey's, Inc, 2002. 131 p.
Book call no.: 303.482176710821 V244s

Documents

Frahler, Donald A. Is Islam a Threat to the West?: Maybe (Maybe not). Fort McNair, DC, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1994. 33 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42942-1 F811i

Ware, Lewis B. An Introduction to the History of the Middle East for Military Students.. Maxwell AFB, AL, Directorate of Documentary Research, Air University Institute for Professional Development, 1975. 2 vols.
Volume 1: The Muslim world and the West until World War I.
Doc. call no.: M-U 37097-1 no. 204-74

Periodicals

Ahmed, Akbar. Ibn Khaldun's Understanding of Civilizations and the Dilemmas of Islam and the West Today. Middle East Journal 56:20-45 Winter 2002.
"In this article, Ibn Khaldun's analysis of civilizations are examined in the context of the dilemmas faced by Islam and the West today."

Baldauf, Scott. From Taliban Clerics, Mixed Views on Terror. Christian Science Monitor, p 1, Op, September 18, 2001.
Focuses on the views of Muslim cleric Maulvi Abdul Qudus. He declares that the U.S. is an enemy of Islam and perpetrator of crimes against Muslim civilians around the world. Article discusses the promotion of radical Islam by the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan.

Charlemagne: Too Big for Europe? Economist 365:50 November 16, 2002.
Focuses on the efforts of Turkey to join the European Union (EU), and the argument that Turkey's Islamic culture precludes it from joining.

Dim Drums Throbbing in the Hills Half Heard. Economist 364:21-23 August 10, 2002.
Article attempts to answer the question "Is there something about Islam that makes it impossible for Muslims to fit into western, liberal societies?"

Europe's Muslims. Economist 364:10-11 August 10, 2002.

Faces of American Islam. Policy Review 114:49-61 August/September 2002.

Fukuyama, Francis. Their Target: The Modern World. Newsweek 138:42-48 December 17, 2001.
Discusses the threat of radical Islamists in the 21st century. Gives reasons the Islamic world has produced radical movements that reject Western policies and modernity.

Gauch, Sarah. Ancient Islamic Texts to see Light of Net. Christian Science Monitor, p 7, Op, March 15, 2001.

Hadar, Leon T. What Green Peril? Foreign Affairs 72:27-41 Spring 1993.
Argues that Islam is neither a threat to the United States nor a unified political phenomenon.

Jawad, Haifaa A. Islam and the West: How Fundamental is the Threat? RUSI Journal 140:34-38 August 1995.

Knapp, Michael G. Distortion of Islam by Muslim Extremists. Military Intelligence 28:37-43 July-September 2002.

Living With Islam. Economist 334:13-15 March 18, 1995.
Looks at Radical Islam - its good and bad aspects.

Miller, Judith. Islam's New Battle Cry. Foreign Affairs 72:43-56 Spring 1993.
Discusses how the U.S. should view the rise of militant Islam in the Middle East. Gives a description of Islam today.

Schwartz, Stephen. The Arab Betrayal of Balkan Islam. Middle East Quarterly 9:43-52 Spring 2002.
Seeks to answer the question "Why do Arab Muslims hate America?"

Teitelbaum, Joshua. Dueling for Da 'wa: State vs. Society on the Saudi Internet. Middle East Journal 56:222-240 Spring 2002.
Reports on the introduction of the Internet in Saudi Arabia. Describes the efforts of balancing the advantages of the information revolution with the conservative form of Islam in Saudi Arabia. Reveals plans for controlling the effects of globalization on traditional values.

Whine, Michael. Islamist Organizations on the Internet. Terrorism & Political Violence 11:123-133 Spring 1999.
Focuses on the networked systems of Islamist organizations enhanced by the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). Describes the use of ICTs by Islamists to promote their views and advance strategies of the global Islamic movement.

Wyllie, James. Militant Islam and the West - Dangers and Dilemmas. Jane's Intelligence Review 7:217-218 May 1995.

Videos

Beirut to Bosnia: Muslims and the West. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities, 2000. 3 videocassettes, 156 min.
Reports on Muslim unrest as ideology, religion, history and geography come into conflict.
Video call no.: 297 B422

Why the Hate? America, from a Muslim Point of View. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002. 1 videocassette, 44 min.
An ABC News segment that "explores the mixed emotions felt by many Muslims toward the U.S. Topics on the agenda include American culture, often perceived as offensive, and U.S. foreign policy , frequently viewed as threatening."
Video call no.: 305.6971 W629

Middle East

Books

Abdelnasser, Walid Mahmoud. The Islamic Movement in Egypt: Perceptions of International Relations, 1967-81. New York, Kegan Paul International, 1994. 308 p.
Book call no.: 327.08 A135i

Abdo, Geneive. No God but God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam. New York, Oxford University Press, 2000. 223 p.
Book call no.: 297.0962 A135n

Ehteshami, Anoushiravan. From the Gulf to Central Asia: Players in the New Great Game. Exeter, UK, University of Exeter Press, 1994. 242 p.
Book call no.: 327.58 F931

Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn. Islamic Society in Practice. Gainesville, FL, University Press of Florida, 1994. 191 p.
Book call no.: 297.0962 F646i

Gurr, Ted Robert. Peoples Versus States: Minorities at Risk in the New Century. Washington, United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000. 399 p.
See section by Deepa Khosla "The Copts in Egypt: A Christian Minority in an Islamic Society."
Book call no.: 323.11 G978p

Halliday, Fred. Islam and the Myth of Confrontation: Religion and Politics in the Middle East. New York, I. B. Tauris, 1996. 255 p.
Book call no.: 320.956 H188i

Ibrahim, Saad Eddin. Egypt, Islam and Democracy: Critical Essays, with a New Postscript. New York, American University in Cairo Press, 2002. 269 p.
Book call no.: 962.05 I14e

Islamic Resurgence in the Arab World, edited by Ali E. Hillal Dessouki. New York, Praeger, 1982. 274 p.
Book call no.: 322.10917671 I82

Israeli, Raphael. Green Crescent over Nazareth: The Displacement of Christians by Muslims in the Holy Land. Portland, OR, Frank Cass, 2002. 194 p.
"Tells the story of the cultural and political struggle between Christians and Muslims, and of the rapid Islamization of Nazareth."
Book call no.: 305.6095694 I85

Kepel, Gilles. Muslim Extremism in Egypt: The Prophet and Pharaoh, translated from the French by Jon Rothschild. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1993. 283 p.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 322.10962 K38M

Lewis, Bernard. Islam in History: Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East. Chicago, Open Court, 1993. 487 p.
Book call no.: 915.6 L673i

Miller, Judith. God has Ninety-Nine Names: Reporting from a Militant Middle East. New York, Simon & Schuster, 574 p.
Book call no.: 322.10917671 M648g

Moaddel, Mansoor. Jordanian Exceptionalism: A Comparative Analysis of State-Religion Relations in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria. New York, Palgrave, 2002. 248 p.
Book call no.: 956.95044 M687j

Monshipouri, Mahmood. Islamism, Secularism, and Human Rights in the Middle East. Boulder, CO, L. Rienner, 1998. 259 p.
Book call no.: 323.0956 M754i

Murphy, Caryle. Passion for Islam: Shaping the Modern Middle East: The Egyptian Experience. New York, Scribner, 2002. 359 p.
Describes the roots of religious terrorism in Egypt.
Book call no.: 297.0962 M978p

Peled, Alisa Rubin. Debating Islam in the Jewish State: The Development of Policy Toward Islamic Institutions in Israel. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 2001. 239 p.
Book call no.: 306.697 P381d

Religion and Democracy, edited by David Marquand and Ronald L. Nettler. Oxford, UK, Blackwell, 2000. 145 p.
See section by Ronald L. Nettler "Trajectories of Political Islam: Egypt, Iran and Turkey."
Book call no.: 291.177 R3824

Roy, Olivier. The Failure of Political Islam, translated by Carol Volk. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1996. 238 p.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 322.10917671 R888f

Saeed, Javaid. Islam and Modernization: A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey. Westport, CN, Praeger, 1994. 262 p.
Book call no.: 306.697 S127i

Schwartz, Stephen. The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror. New York, Doubleday, 2002. 312 p.
Explains the origins of Islamic belief and traces the rise of the Wahhabis.
Book call no.: 297.8 S399t

Documents

James, Randal K. The Islamist Challenge in the Middle East and North Africa. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, April 1, 1996. 35 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 J28i

Periodicals

Aubin, Benoit. At the Crossroads. Maclean's 115:28-31 July 22, 2002.
Discusses the history of Turkey which is a secular Muslim country, and women are prohibited from wearing the chador at school or work. Characterizes Turkey as a buffer between radical Islam and the West.

Buzbee, Sally. Beyond the Veil. Columbia Journalism Review 40:22-23 September/October 2001.
Once nonexistent and still technically outlawed under the country's strict version of Islam, Saudi women journalists now routinely write for both Arabic- and English-language newspapers.

Democratizing Islam in Turkey. Christian Science Monitor, p. 8, Op, November 5, 2002.

Donovan, Michael. Islam and Stability in Saudi Arabia. Defense Monitor 30:6-7 November 2001.

Doumato, Eleanor Abdella. Women and Work in Saudi Arabia; How Flexible are Islamic Margins? Middle East Journal 53:568-584 Autumn 99.
Examines whether the Saudi Arabian regime can respond to women's desire for more job options and still be credible guardians of society's 'Islamic Margins.'

Gerges, Fawaz A. The Decline of Revolutionary Islam in Algeria and Egypt. Survival 41:113-125 Spring 1999.

Gurdon, Megan Cox. The Mild Face of Radical Islam? Christian Science Monitor 88:6 June 13, 1996.
Focuses on the role of Islam in the politics and government in Turkey.

Islam Versus Israel. Economist 325:39-41 December 19, 1992.
Argues that Israel, The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saudi Arabia and Egypt all fear Islamic fundamentalism. Gives a history of the Islamic movement in the West Bank and Gaza.

Kinder, Gentler Islam. Economist 363:44-46 June 29, 2002.
Discusses Islamic militants in Egypt. Elaborates on the idea that young Egyptians are seeking versions of Islam which match individual needs rather than Utopian ideals.

Living With Islam. Economist 340:35-37 July 27, 1996.
Looks at the debate in the West over the merits of coming to terms with political Islam. Gives the example of the experiment in Turkey, a democratic country with an Islamic prime minister.

Maze, Rick. Senate Rejects Abaya Policy for Service Members. Air Force Times 62:13 July 8, 2002.

Moors, Annelies and Peteet, Julie. Women, Property and Islam: Palestinian Experiences 1920-1990. International Journal of Middle East Studies 29:644 1997.

Morris, Chris. Turkey's High Court Keeps Religion at Arm's Length. Christian Science Monitor, p 7, Op, June 25, 2001.
Reports on the decision of the Turkish Constitutional Court to ban the Virtue Party for allegedly encouraging radical Islam.

Okruhlik, Gwenn. Networks of Dissent: Islamism and Reform in Saudi Arabia. Current History 101:22-29 January 2002.
Evaluates the politics of Islamic dissent in Saudi Arabia, and the emergence of the Islamist social movement in the country.

Palpitations at the Kingdom's Heart. Economist 364:35-36 August 24, 2002.

Sutton, Philip W. and Vertigans, Stephen. The Established and Challenging Outsiders: Resurgent Islam in Secular Turkey. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions 3:58-78 Summer 2002.
Argues that the partial establishment of secularism in Turkey enabled Islamists to maintain their influence over certain state policies.

Tal, Lawrence. Dealing with Radical Islam: The Case of Jordan. Survival 37:139-156 Autumn 1995.

Wiktorowicz, Quintan. The Salafi Movement in Jordan. International Journal of Middle East Studies 32:219-241 May 2000.
Describes the Salafi movement in Jordan. Explains the structure of the movement, the distinction from the Muslim Brotherhood and the history of the movement.

Wilkinson, Paul. Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyaa - Egypt and the Challenge of Islam. Jane's Intelligence Review 5:272-273 June 1993.

Zeghal, Malikha. Religion and Politics in Egypt: The Ulema of Al-Azhar, Radical Islam, and the State (1952-94). International Journal of Middle East Studies 31:371-400 August 1999.

Videos

Islamic Conversations. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities, Inc, 1994.
1 videocassette, 30 min.
Volume 5: Authority and Change.
Video call no.: 297 I824 v. 5

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