January 2003

Compiled by  Glenda Armstrong
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL

Contents

Internet Sites
General Information
Africa
Asia
Beliefs and Practices
Central Asia
Culture
Europe
History
Islam and Christianity
Islam and Economics
Islam and Politics
Islam and the West
Middle East
The Qur'an
Radical Political Islam
South Asia
United States
Women in Islam

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All sites listed were last accessed 21 January 2003.

General Information 

Books

Abu-Rabi, Ibrahim M. Intellectual Origins of Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Arab World. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1996. 370 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 A165i

Ahmed, Akbar S. Postmodernism and Islam: Predicament and Promise. New York, Routledge, 1992. 294 p.
Book call no.: 297.09049 A286p

Al-Faruqi, Ismail R. Islam. Niles, IL, Argus Communications, 1979. 83 p.
Book call no.: 297 F247i

Arkoun, Mohammed. Rethinking Islam: Common Questions, Uncommon Answers, translated and edited by Robert D. Lee. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1994. 139 p.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 297 A721r

Azmah, Aziz. Islams and Modernities. New York, Verso, 1996. 197 p.
Book call no.: 306.697 A995i

Baldwin, Lewis V. and Al-Hadid, Amiri YaSin. Between Cross and Crescent: Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Malcolm and Martin. Gainesville, FL, University Press of Florida, 2002. 475 p.
Details the interconnections between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Book call no.: 323.0922 B181b

Bassiouni, M. Cherif. Introduction to Islam. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co, 1988. 72 p.
Book call no.: 297 B321i

Boulares, Habib. Islam: The Fear and the Hope. Atlantic Highlands, NJ, Zed Books, 1990. 
144 p.
Book call no.: 297.09045 B763i

Braswell, George W. Islam: Its Prophet, Peoples, Politics, and Power. Nashville, TN, Broadman & Holman, 1996. 338 p.
Book call no.: 297 B826i

Cragg, Kenneth. Counsels in Contemporary Islam. Edinburgh, UK, Edinburgh University Press, 1965. 255 p.
Book call no.: 297 C885ca

Cragg, Kenneth. The House of Islam. Encino, CA, Dickenson Pub. Co, 1975. 145 p.
Book call no.: 297 C885h

Denny, Frederick Mathewson. An Introduction to Islam. New York, Macmillan, 1985. 415 p.
Book call no.: 297 D412i

el-Digwy, Youssef. Messages of Peace: A Treatise on Islam, translated into English by Aly Z. Husny. Cairo, Egypt, Government Press, Bulaq, 1936. 181 p.
Book call no.: 297 D575m

Elias, Jamal J. Islam. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1999. 128 p.
Book call no.: 297 E42i

Esposito, John L. The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?. New York, Oxford University Press, 1995. 292 p.
Book call no.: 297.9 E77i

Esposito, John L. What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam. New York, Oxford University Press, 2002. 204 p.
Book call no.: 297 E77w

Gardet, Louis. Mohammedanism, translated from the French by William Burridge. New York, Hawthorn Books, 1961. 176 p.
Book call no.: 297 G218m

Ghulam Ahmad, Kadiyana. The Teachings of Islam: An Exposition of the Beauties of Islam Drawn Entirely from the Holy Quran in a Very Lucid Form: The Real Key to Eternal Happiness. Secunderabad, India, Abjuman-e-Tarraqqi Islam, 1929. 165 p.
Book call no.: 297 G427t9

Gibb, H. A. R. Modern Trends in Islam. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1947. 
141 p.
Book call no.: 297 G43m

Goldziher, Ignac. Muslim Studies, edited by S. M. Stern. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1977. 2 vols.
Translated from the German.
Book call no.: 297 G624m

Guillaume, Alfred. The Traditions of Islam, an Introduction to the Study of the Hadith. Oxford, UK, The Clarendon Press, 1924. 184 p.
Book call no.: 297 G957t

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. Islamists and the Challenge of Pluralism. Washington, Center for Contemporary Studies, Georgetown University, 1995. 24 p.
Book call no.: 320.55 H126i

Ibrahim, I. A. A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam. Houston, TX, Darussalam, 1997. 74 p.
Book call no.: 297 I14b

Iqbal, Muhammad. The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam. Lahore, India, J. Iqbal, 1951. 205 p.
Book call no.: 297 M952r

Islam: An Introduction for Christians, edited by Paul Varo Martinson. Minneapolis, MN, Augsburg, 1994. 264 p.
Book call no.: 297.0242 I82

Islam, Globalization, and Postmodernity, edited by Akbar S. Ahmed and Hastings Donnan. New York, Routledge, 1994. 242 p.
Book call no.: 297.197 I821

Islam in the Era of Globalization: Muslim Attitudes Towards Modernity and Identity, edited by Johan Meuleman. New York, RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. 494 p.
Book call no.: 297.090511 I83

Islam in the Modern World, edited by Denis MacEoin and Ahmed Al-Shahi. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1983. 148 p.
Book call no.: 297 I823

Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives, edited by John J. Donohue and John L. Esposito. New York, Oxford University Press, 1982. 322 p.
Book call no.: 297.1978 I82

Islam in Tribal Societies: From the Atlas to the Indus, edited by Akbar S. Ahmed and David M. Hart. Boston, MA, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. 343 p.
Book call no.: 305.6971 I82

Islam Outside the Arab World, edited by David Westerlund and Ingvar Svanberg. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1999. 476 p.
Book call no.: 297.09 I82

Islam, Past Influence and Present Challenge, edited by Alford T. Welch and Pierre Cachia. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1979. 359 p.
Book call no.: 297 I822

The Islamic Impact, edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press, 1984. 249 p.
Book call no.: 297.197 I82

The Islamic Impulse, edited by Barbara F. Stowasser. Washington, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, 1987. 329 p.
Book call no.: 297.0904 I82

Johnson, Johannes J. G. The Dual Nature of Islamic Fundamentalism. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1997. 198 p.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 297.0904 J35d

Kasravi, Ahmad. On Islam; and, Shiism, translated from the Persian by M. R. Ghanooparvar. Costa Mesa, CA, Mazda Publishers, 1990. 209 p.
Book call no.: 297 K19o

Khan, Muhammad Zafrulla. Islam, its Meaning for Modern Man. New York, Harper and Row, 1962. 216 p.
Book call no.: 297 K451i

Kritzeck, James. The World of Islam. New York, St. Martin's Press. 372 p.
Book call no.: 297 K92w

Lapidus, Ira M. Contemporary Islamic Movements in Historical Perspective. Berkeley, CA, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1983. 66 p.
Book call no.: 322.1 L313c

The Legacy of Islam, edited by Thomas W. Arnold. London, Oxford University Press, 1931. 
416 p.
Book call no.: 297 A759L

The Legacy of Islam, edited by Joseph Schacht and C. E. Bosworth. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1974. 530 p.
Book call no.: 297 S291L

Lewis, Bernard. Race and Color in Islam. New York, Harper & Row, 1971. 
103 p.
Book call no.: 297.1 L673r

Lindholm, Charles. The Islamic Middle East: Tradition and Change. Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing, 2002. 324 p.
"Argues that much of the West, and the U.S. in particular, shares fundamental values with the Middle East."
Book call no.: 956 L745i

Masse, Henri. Islam. New York, Putnam's Sons, 1938. 270 p.
Book call no.: 297 M415i

Maudoodi, Syed Abul Ala. Towards Understanding Islam, translated and edited by Khurshid Ahmad. Leicester, UK, Islamic Foundation, 1980. 116 p.
Book call no.: 297 M447t

Memon, Ali Nawaz. The Islamic Nation: Status & Future of Muslims in the New World Order. Beltsville, MD, Writers' Inc. International, 1995. 261 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 M533i

Mernissi, Fatima. Islam and Democracy: Fear of the Modern World, translated by Mary Jo Lakeland. Reading MA, Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1992. 195 p.
Book call no.: 909.0974927 M566i

Moon, Ross A. About Islam: As You Would Read in the Newspaper. Salt Lake City, UT, Northwest Publishing, 1992. 164 p.
Book call no.: 297 M818a

Morgan, Kenneth William. Islam: The Straight Path. New York, Ronald Press Co, 1958. 453 p.
Book call no.: 297 M848i

Murata, Sachiko and William C. Chittick. The Vision of Islam. New York, Paragon House, 1994. 368 p.
Book call no.: 297 M972v

Murden, Simon W. Islam, The Middle East, and the New Global Hegemony. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. 235 p.
"Examines the impact of globalized Western hegemony on Muslim societies and how Muslims are adapting to it."
Book call no.: 327.0917671 M974i

The Muslim Almanac: A Reference Work on the History, Faith, Culture, and Peoples of Islam, edited by Azim A. Nanji. Detroit, MI, Dale Research, 1996. 581 p.
Book call no.: 297 M9871

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity. HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, CA, 2002. 338 p.
Book call no.: 297 N264h

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Islamic Life and Thought. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1981. 232 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671 N264i

Newby, Gordon D. A Concise Encyclopedia of Islam. Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 2002. 244 p.
Book call no.: R 297.03 N535c

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, edited by John L. Esposito. New York, Oxford University Press. 4 vols.
Book call no.: R 909.097671 O98

Peters F. E. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and Their Interpretation. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1990. 3 vols.
Book call no.: 291 P481j

Renard, John. In the Footsteps of Muhammad: Understanding the Islamic Experience. New York, Paulist Press, 1992. 173 p.
Book call no.: 297 R394

Roberts, Dennis. Islam, a Concise Introduction. San Francisco, CA, Harper & Row, 1982. 
191 p.
Book call no.: 297 R643i

Robinson, Neal. Islam: A Concise Introduction. Washington, Georgetown University Press, 1999. 197 p.
Book call no.: 297 R663i

Ruthven, Malise. Islam in the World. New York, Oxford University Press, 1984. 400 p.
Book call no.: 297 R976i

Sabini, John. Islam, a Primer. Washington, Middle East Editorial Associates, 1983. 127 p.
Book call no.: 297 S116i

Sachedina, Abdulaziz. The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001. 175 p.
Book call no.: 297.28 S121i

Sardar, Ziauddin. The Future of Muslim Civilisation. London, Croom Helm, 1979. 288 p.
Book call no.: 909 S244f

Schimmel, Annemarie. Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1994. 302 p.
Book call no.: 297 S335d

Schuon, Frithjof. Understanding Islam, translated by D. M. Matheson. New York, Roy Publishers, 1964. 159 p.
Book call no.: 297 S393u

Schuon, Frithjof. Understanding Islam. Bloomington, IN, World Wisdom Books, 1994. 204 p.
Book call no.: 297 S393u

Shariati, Ali. Marxism and Other Western Fallacies: An Islamic Critique. Berkeley, CA, Mizan Press, 1980. 122 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 S531m

Spencer, Robert. Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions about the World's Fastest-Growing Faith. San Francisco, Encounter Books, 2002. 214 p.
Book call no.: 297 S745i

Stoddard, Lothrop. The New World of Islam. New York, C. Scribner's, 1922. 362 p.
Book call no.: 297 St6

Tibi, Bassam. The Crisis of Modern Islam: A Preindustrial Culture in the Scientific-Technological Age. Salt Lake City, UT, University of Utah Press, 1988. 186 p.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 297.197 T553c

Tritton, A. S. Muslim Theology. London, Royal Asiatic Society by Luzac, 1947. 218 p.
Book call no.: 297 T839m

Voices of Resurgent Islam, edited by John L. Esposito. New York, Oxford University Press, 1983. 294 p.
Book call no.: 297.0904 E77v

Waddy, Charis. The Muslim Mind. New York, Longman, 1976. 204 p.
Book call no.: 297 W118m

Waheed, K. Abdul. The Islamic Background of Modern Science. Lahore, India, Majlis-i-Markaziyya-i-Isha'at-i-Qur'an-i-Hakim, Anjuman-i-Khuddam-ud-Din, 1945. 181 p.
Book call no.: 297 W136i

Waines, David. An Introduction to Islam. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1995. 332 p.
Book call no.: 297 W141i

Warraq, Ibn. Why I am not a Muslim. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 1995. 402 p.
Book call no.: 297 I13w

Watt, W. Montgomery. Islamic Fundamentalism and Modernity. New York, Routledge, 1988. 158 p.
Book call no.: 297.0904 W346i

Watt, W. Montgomery. What is Islam?. New York, Praeger, 1968. 256 p.
Book call no.: 297 W346w

Williams, John Alden. Islam. New York, Washington Square Press, 1963. 241 p.
Book call no.: 297 W724i

Windows on the House of Islam: Muslim Sources on Spirituality and Religious Life, edited by John Renard. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1998. 431 p.
Book call no.: 297.57 W765

The Word of Islam, edited by John Alden Williams. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 1994. 232 p.
Book call no.: 297 W924

Zepp, Ira G. A Muslim Primer: Beginner's Guide to Islam. Fayetteville, AR, University of Arkansas Press, 2000. 218 p.
Book call no.: 297 Z57m

Army War College (U.S.) Strategic Studies Institute. The Future of the Islamic Revival. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, 1981. 10 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-289

Fox, John G. The Arab's Dilemma: Islamism or Nationalism. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, 1970. 20 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 32983 F792a

The Future of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Arab World in the 1980's. Binghamton, NY, Center for Research and Development, 1983. 224 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43620

McNeil, Frederick L. An Analysis of Islamic Fundamentalism and its Future Role in the Muslim World. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 1988
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 M1697a

Shittier, Charles H. The Just War in Certain Religious Traditions: Christianity; Judaism; Islam; and Buddhism. Washington, Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 1987. 8 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no. 87-915 GOV

Davies, Merryl Wyn. Wilful Imaginings. New Internationalist 345:22-24 May 2002.
Focuses on the orientalism tradition in Islamophobia and Muslim fundamentalism.

The Demystification of Islam. Humanist 62:28-30 November/December 2002.

Taylor, Max and Horgan, John. The Psychological and Behavioural Bases of Islamic Fundamentalism. Terrorism and Political Violence 13:37-71 Winter 2001.
Examines the behavioral bases of the relationship between Islamic fundamentalism and violence.

Videos

Islam Today. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities, 1988. 1 videocassette, 
30 min.
Video 297.0904 I821

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

Story of Islam. U.S., MPI Home Video, 1990. 1 videocassette, 120 min.
"A journey through Islam from its beginnings 1300 years ago to its place in the world today. Introduces the culture, philosophy, and staples of the Islamic life-style."
Video call no.: 297 S887

Africa

 Books

African Islam and Islam in Africa: Encounters Between Sufis and Islamists, edited by Eva Evers Rosander and David Westerlund. Athens, OH, Ohio University Press, 1997. 347 p.
Book call no.: 297.096 A258

Algeria: Revolution Revisited, edited by Reza Shah-Kazemi. London, Islamic World Report, 1997. 193 p.
Book call no.: 965 A3951

Azumah, John Alembillah. The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa: A Quest for Inter-Religious Dialogue. Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 2001. 264 p.
Book call no.: 297.096 A997L

Bennison, Amira K. Jihad and its Interpretations in Pre-Colonial Morocco: State-Society Relations During the French Conquest of Algeria. New York, RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. 205 p.
Book call no.: 964.03 B472j

Bravmann, Rene A. African Islam. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. 120 p.
Book call no.: 297.0967 B826a

Burgat, Francois and Dowell, William. The Islamic Movement in North Africa. Austin, TX, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1993. 310 p.
Translation of an updated version of L'islamisme au Maghreb by William Dowell.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 320.55 B954i

Ciment, James. Algeria:The Fundamentalist Challenge. New York, Facts on File, 1997.216 p.
Book call no.: 965.054 C573a

Clancy-Smith, Julia A. Rebel and Saint: Muslim Notables, Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters (Algeria and Tunisia, 1800-1904). Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1994. 370 p.
Book call no.: 965 C587r

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

Derradji, Abder-Rahmane. The Algerian Guerrilla Campaign: Strategy and Tactics. Lewiston, NY, Edwin Mellen Press, 1997. 320 p.
Book call no.: 965.04 D438a

Eickelman, Dale F. Moroccan Islam: Tradition and Society in a Pilgrimage Center. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 1976. 303 p.
Book call no.: 297.0964 E34m

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

Faksh, Mahmud A. The Future of Islam in the Middle East: Fundamentalism in Egypt, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia. Westport, CN, Praeger, 1997. 132 p.
Book call no.: 297.0956 F176f

Geertz, Clifford. Islam Observed: Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1968. 136 p.
Book call no.: 297.0964 G298i

Hammoudi, Abdellah. Master and Disciple: The Cultural Foundations of Moroccan Authoritarianism. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1997. 195 p.
Book call no.: 306.24 H227m

The History of Islam in Africa, edited by Nehemia Levtzion and Randall L. Pouwels. Athens, OH, Ohio University Press, 2000. 591 p.
Book call no.: 297.096 H673

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 Tropical Africa, edited by I. M. Lewis. Bloomington, IN, International African Institute in association with Indiana University Press, 1980. 310 p.
From the 5th International African Seminar, 1964 in Zaria, Nigeria.
Book call no.: 297.096 I61i

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

Kepel, Gilles. Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam. Cambridge, MA, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002. 454 p.
Traces the rise of the contemporary Islamist movement from its origins in the mid-20th century through its later appearance in countries such as Malaysia, Algeria and Turkey and in Western Europe.
Book call no.: 320.550917671 K38j

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

Martinez, Luis. The Algerian Civil War, 1990-1998. New York, Columbia University Press, 2000. 265 p.
Translation of La Guerre Civile en Algerie, 1990-1998.
Book call no.: 965.054 M385a

Munson, Henry. Religion and Power in Morocco. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1993. 232 p.
Book call no.: 322.10964 M969r

North Africa in Transition: State, Society, and Economic Transformation, edited by Yahia H. Zoubir and forword by William B. Quandt. Gainesville, FL, University Press of Florida, 1999. 299 p.
Book call no.: 306.0961 N864

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

Oded, Arye. Islam in Uganda: Islamization Through a Centralized State in Pre-Colonial Africa. New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Books, 1974. 381 p.
Book call no.: 297.096761 O23i

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

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

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

Trimingham, J. Spencer. A History of Islam in West Africa. London, Oxford U. P., 1970. 262 p.
Book call no.: 297.0966 T831h

Trimingham, J. Spencer. The Influence of Islam Upon Africa. New York, Praeger, 1968. 159 p.
Book call no.: 297.096 T831i

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

Willis, Michael. The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political History. Washington Square, NY, New York University Press, 1997. 419 p.
Book call no.: 965.05 W734i

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

Hunter, Clarence T. The Islamic Fundamentalist Movement in Algeria. Fort McNair, D.C., April 1993. 34 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42942-1 H945i

Islam and Stability in Northern Nigeria. Washington, United States. Defense Intelligence Agency, August 1985. 22 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41290-963 1985 no. 2500-18

Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s. Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania. Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1983. 1 vol.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42258-5

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

Larson, Norman Raymond. Islamic Resurgence in Algeria: The Rise of the Islamic Salvation Front. Austin, TX, 1993. 96 p. (Thesis, M.A. University of Texas at Austin)
Doc. call no.: M-U 43567-632

Lee, Guy M. Ethical Considerations for Islamic Insurgency Movements: A Case Study of the Algerian Civil War, 1992-1998. Quantico, VA, United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2001. 56 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41886-71 L478e

Migdalovitz, Carol. Algeria in Crisis: Democracy, Islamism, and Implications for U.S. Policy. Washington, Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, 1991. 27 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no. 91-591F

Muttai, Simon K. Conflict and Instability in Somalia: Its Significance, Regional Impact and Trends. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, April 1995. 38 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 M993c

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

Callaway, Barbara. The Heritage of Islam: Women, Religion, and Politics in West Africa. Africa Today 43:331-333 1996.

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

McCarthy, Shaun. Muslim Vigilantes or Islamic Extremism in South Africa. Jane's Intelligence Review 8:569-571 December 1996.

Asia

 Books

Blank, Jonah. Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2001. 408 p.
Book call no.: 297.822 B642m

The Crescent in the East: Islam in Asia Major, edited by Raphael Israeli. Atlantic Highlands, NJ, Humanities Press, 1982. 272 p.
Book call no.: 297.095 C919

Islam in Asia: Religion, Politics, and Society, edited by John L. Esposito. New York, Oxford University Press, 1987. 272
Book call no.: 297.197095 I82

Naipaul, V. S. Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey. New York, Knopf, 1981. 430 p.
Book call no.: 297.095 N157a

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

Feng, Jianhua. A Glimpse into an Islamic School. Beijing Review 45:20-22 October 10, 2002.
Features the Xingjiang Islamic School in China and support of the Chinese government to religious freedom.

Horner, Charles. The Other Orientalism: China's Islamist Problem. National Interest 67:37-46 Spring 2002.
Discusses the problems posed by Islam in Chinese politics and China's interest in Islam. Gives information on the Islamic characteristics of the politics in Xinjiiang.

Main Religions in China. Beijing Review 43:6 August 28, 2000.
Gives the estimated number of Imams and Akhunds practicing Islam.

Mitton, Roger and Bohane, Ben. The New Crusade. Asiaweek 27:24-26 March 2, 2001.
Deals with the revival of radical Islam in Asia, and the rise of religious radicals in Muslim-majority countries.

Videos

Islamic Conversations. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1994. 1 videocassette, 30 min.
Volume 1: Islam and Pluralism.
Video call no.: 297 I824 v. 1

Beliefs and Practices

Ahmed, Akbar S. Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World. New York, I. B. Tauris Publishers, 1999. 253 p.
A survey of contemporary Islam in various Eastern and Western societies.
Book call no.: 297 A286i

Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet. San Francisco, CA, HarperSanFrancisco, 1992. 290 p.
A biography of the life of the founder and prophet of Islam.
Book call no.: 92 M952a

Averroes. Faith and Reason in Islam: Averroes' Exposition of Religious Arguments, Translated by Ibrahim Y. Najjar. Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 2001. 146 p.
Book call no.: 297.261 A953k

Bill, James A. and Williams, John Alden. Roman Catholics and Shi'i Muslims: Prayer, Passion and Politics. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, 2002. 194 p.
Examines the similarities between the two faiths.
Book call no.: 261.27 B596r

Bogle, Emory C. Islam: Origin and Belief. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 1998. 162 p.
Book call no.: 297.0904 B675i

Bowker, John Westerdale. What Muslims Believe. Oxford, UK, Oneworld Publications, 1998. 187 p.
Book call no.: 297 B786w

Chebel, Malek. Symbols of Islam. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1997. 127 p.
Book call no.: 297.2 C514s

Chittick, William C. The Heart of Islamic Philosophy: The Quest for Self-Knowledge in the Teachings of Afdal al-Din Kashani. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001. 360 p.
Introduces the major themes of Islamic philosophy.
Book call no.: 181.07 C543h

Dannin, Robert. Black Pilgrimage to Islam. New York, Oxford University Press, 2002. 328 p.
Traces the evolution of the practice of Islam by Blacks in the U.S. from slavery through the more orthodox, globalized Islam.
Book call no.: 297.87 D188b

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

Farah, Caesar E. Islam: Beliefs and Observances. New York, Barron's, 1994. 434 p.
Book call no.: 297 F219i

Fitch, Florence Mary. Allah, The God of Islam: Moslem Life and Worship. New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1950. 144 p.
Book call no.: 297 F544a

Global Studies. The Middle East. Guilford, CN, Dushkin Pub. Group, 2003. 
1 vol.
See "The Middle East: Cradle of Islam" pp 4-9 and "What is Islam?" by Abdulaziz Sachedina, pp 178-183.
Book call no.: R 956 G562g

Gordon, Matthew S. Islam: Origins, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Persons, Sacred Places. New York, Oxford University Press, 2002. 112 p.
Describes the history of Islam, its principles, sacred texts, rituals and practices.
Book call no.: 297 G664i

Interpreting Islam, edited by Hastings Donnan. Thousand Oaks, CA, SAGE Publications, 2002. 196 p.
A collection of essays that are a guide to understanding the sociology, politics, anthropology and culture of Islam.
Book call no.: 297 I61

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

Lammens, Henri. Islam: Beliefs and Institutions, translated from the French by E. Denison Ross. London, Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1929. 256 p.
Book call no.: 297 L232i

Mutahhari, Murtaza. Fundamentals of Islamic Thought: God, Man, and the Universe, translated from the Persian by R. Campbell, with annotations and an introduction by Hamid Algar. Berkeley, CA, Mizan Press, 1985. 235 p.
Book call no.: 297.2042 M992f

New, David S. Holy War: The Rise of Militant Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Fundamentalism. Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Co, 2002. 233 p.
Book call no.: 291.177 N532h

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

Qutb, Sayyid. Social Justice in Islam. Oneonta, NY, Islamic Publications International, 2000. 339 p.
Book call no.: 305.6971 Q9s

Raymer, Steve. Living Faith: Inside the Muslim World of Southeast Asia. Singapore, Asia Images Editions, 2001. 224 p.
A pictorial work.
Book call no.: 297.0959 R267L

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

Revival and Reform in Islam: A Study of Islamic Fundamentalism, edited by Fazlur Rahman . Oxford, UK, Oneworld, 2000. 226 p.
Book call no.: 297.09 R147r

Scholars, Saints, and Sufis: Muslim Religious Institutions in the Middle East Since 1500, edited by Nikki R. Keddie. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1972. 401 p.
Book call no.: 297 S368

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

Swarup, Ram. Understanding the Hadith: The Sacred Traditions of Islam. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2002. 258 p.
The Hadith is the most important source of Islamic laws, precepts and practices This book uses the Sahih Muslim to explain the elements of Hadith in English.
Book call no.: 297.124 S973u

Tritton, A. S. Islam: Belief and Practices. New York, Hutchinson's University Library, 1951. 200 p.
Book call no.: 297 T839i

Understanding Islam: Basic Principles. Reading, UK, Garnet, 2000. 99 p.
"Provides information about the basic principles of Islam as seen by Muslims in order to facilitate the understanding of Islam by non-Muslims and non-Arabs."
Book call no.: 297 U55

Watt, W. Montgomery. Free Will and Predestination in Early Islam. London, Luzac, 1948. 181 p.
Book call no.: 297 W346f

Watt, W. Montgomery. Islamic Philosophy and Theology. Edinburgh, UK, University Press, 1962. 196 p.
Book call no.: 189 W346i

Middleton, Gordon R. Jihad: Islamic Thought and Practice. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, October 7, 1991. 19 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 M628j

Appleby, R. Scott. History in the Fundamentalist Imagination. Journal of American History 89:498-512 September 2002.
Examines the fundamentalist reconstructions of the past as a way of understanding the distinctive world views among Christianity, Islam and Judaism.

Gawrych, George W. Jihad in the 20th Century. Military Review 75:33-39 September-October 1995.

Johansen, Robert C. Radical Islam and Nonviolence: A Case Study of Religious Empowerment and Constraint Among Pashtuns. Journal of Peace Research 34:53-72 February 1997.

Kibble, David G. Towards a Different Perspective on Fundamentalist Islam in the Middle East. Army Quarterly & Defence Journal 125:87-91 January 1995.

Lampman, Jane. Islam: Beliefs and Practices. Christian Science Monitor, p. 18, Op, 1C, November 15, 2001.
Focuses on Islam and the month of the fast of Ramadan, and looks at the foundational beliefs and practices of the religion.

Schwartz, T. P. The Qur'an as a Guide to Conduct of and in War, Including the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Marine Corps Gazette 86:43-45 February 2002.

Williams, Wesley. Aspects of the Creed of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal: A Study of Anthropomorphism in earty islamic discourse International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 34:441-464 August 2002.
Discusses the anthropomorphic conceptions of God in the Islam religion.

Videos

The Five Pillars of Islam. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities, 1998. 
1 videocassette, 30 min.
"The essential principles on which Islam rests - the five pillars - are discussed, described, and put into historical perspective."
Video call no.:  297 F565

Islam: Empire of Faith. Alexandria, VA, PBS Home Video, 2001. 
2 videocassettes, 163 min.
A PBS documentary that examines the Islamic belief in God, the Five Pillars, Koran and tradition, the people of the book and Islam today.
Also available online at : http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1115/p18s1-lire.html
Video call no.: 297.09 I821

Islamic Conversations. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1994. 1 videocassette, 30 min.
Volume 1: Islam and Pluralism.
Video call no.: 297 I824 v. 1

The Islamic Wave. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000. 
1 videocassette, 50 min.
"Surveys the sociopolitical landscape of Islamic hotspots in the Middle East, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sudan, and elsewhere." Provides a history of Islam, looks at Islam's growing popularity and examines the use of violence by Muslim extremists to attain their goals.
Video call no.: 297.09 I822

Central Asia 

Abbott, Freeland. Islam and Pakistan. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1968. 242 p.
Book call no.: 297.0954 A131i

Afghanistan: Lifting the Veil. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice-Hall PTR, 2002. 260 p.
A pictoral work by Reuters photographers of Afghanistan during and after Taliban rule.
Book call no.: 958.1046 A2572

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. Jihadi Groups, Nuclear Pakistan, and the New Great Game. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, U. S. Army War College, 2001. 45 p.
Book call no.: 297.72 A287j

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

Akhavi, Shahrough. Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran: Clergy-State Relations in the Pahlavi Period. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1980. 255 p.
Book call no.: 297.0955 A315r

Amuzegar, Jahangir. Iran's Economy Under the Islamic Republic. London, Tauris, 1997. 
420 p.
Book call no.: 330.955054 A529i

Ansari, Ali M. Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change. Washington, Brookings Institution, 2000. 240 p.
Book call no.: 320.955 A617i

Arjomand, Said Amir. The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam: Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran From the Beginning to 1890. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1984. 356 p.
Book call no.: 955 A719s

Arjomand, Said Amir. The Turban for the Crown: The Islamic Revolution in Iran. New York, Oxford University Press, 1988. 283 p.
Book call no.: ACSC RES 955.05 A719t

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

Central Asia, edited by Boris Rumer. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 2002. 442 p.
Book call no.: 320.958 C397

Chehabi, H. E. Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1990. 342 p.
Book call no.: 955.053 C515i

Davidson, Lawrence. Islamic Fundamentalism. Westport, CN, Greenwood Press, 1998. 186 p.
Book call no.: 320.550917671 D252i

Democratic Civility: The History and Cross-Cultural Possibility of a Modern Political Ideal, edited by Robert W. Hefner. New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Publishers, 1998. 330 p.
See "Cohabitation? Islamist and Secular Groups in Modern Turkey" by S. Gordon Redding and "A Muslim Civil Society? Indonesian Reflections on the Conditions of its Possibility" by Resat Kasaba.
Book call no.: 321.8 D3834

Dorraj, Monochehr. From Zarathustra to Khomeini: Populism and Dissent in Iran. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Pub, 1990. 220 p.
Book call no.: 955 D716f

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

Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East, edited by Donna Lee Bowen and Evelyn A. Early. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2002. 411 p.
A collection of essays describing everyday life in the Middle East.
Book call no.: 956 E93

Fischer, Michael M. J. Iran: From Religious Dispute to Revolution. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1980. 314 p.
Book call no.: 297.0955 F529i

Fundamentalism Reborn: Afghanistan and the Taliban, Edited by William Maley. New York, New York University Press, 1998. 253 p.
Book call no.: 958.1046 F981

Gieling, Saskia Maria. Religion and War in Revolutionary Iran. New York, I. B. Tauris, 1999. 205 p.
Book call no.: 320.550955 G454r

Gilmartin, David. Empire and Islam: Punjab and the Making of Pakistan. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1988. 258 p.
Book call no.: 954.5 G487e

Gohari, M. J. The Taliban: Ascent to Power. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2001. 158 p.
Book call no.: 958.1046 G614t

Griffin, Michael. Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan. Sterling, VA, Pluto Press, 2001. 283 p.
Book call no.: 958.104 G852r

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

Hussain, Asaf. Islamic Iran: Revolution and Counter-Revolution. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1985. 225 p.
Book call no.: 955.054 H972i

Inside Islam: The Faith, the People, and the Conflicts of the World's Fastest-Growing Religion, edited by John Miller and Aaron Kenedi. New York, Marlowe & Company, 2002. 263 p.
A collection of essays that explore the complexities of Islam.
Book call no.: 297 I59

Iran at the Crossroads, edited by John Esposito and R. K. Ramazani. New York, Palgrave, 2001. 248 p.
Book call no.: 320.955 I652

The Iranian Revolution: Its Global Impact, edited by John L. Esposito. Miami, FL, Florida International University Press, 1990. 346 p.
Book call no.: 327.55017671 I65

Islam in Politics in Russia and Central Asia (Early Eighteenth to Late Twentieth Centuries), edited by Stephane A. Dudoignon and Komatsu Hisao. New York, Kegan Paul, 2001. 375 p.
Book call no.: 305.6971058 I82

Islam, Iran, and World Stability, edited by Hamid Zangeneh. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1994. 243 p.
Book call no.: 955.054 I82

Islam, Politics and the State: The Pakistan Experience, edited by Mohammad Asghar Khan. London, Zed Books, 1985. 281 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977095491 I82

Islamic Reassertion in Pakistan: The Application of Islamic Laws in a Modern State, edited by Anita M. Weiss and forword by John L. Esposito. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press, 1986. 146 p.
Book call no.: 305.697105491 I82

Keddie, Nikki R. Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution. New York, New York University Press, 1995. 303 p.
Book call no.: 909.097671082 K25i

Keddie, Nikki R. Religion and Politics in Iran: Shism From Quietism to Revolution. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1983. 258 p.
Book call no.: 297.820955 R382

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

Lubin, Nancy. Islam and Ethnic Identity in Central Asia: A View From Below. Washington, National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1994. 
19 p.
Book call no.: 297.1977 L929i

Magnus, Ralph H. and Naby, Eden. Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid, foreword by Dan Rather. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 2002. 289 p.
Note "Traditional Afghan Islam" and "Holy Warriors, Mujahidin and Fighting for Islam."
Book call no.: 958.104 M199a

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

Maudoodi, Syed Abul Ala. The Islamic Law and Constitution, translated and edited by Khurshid Ahmad. Lahore, Pakistan, Islamic Publications, 1990. 412 p.
Book call no.: 342.5491 M447i

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

Mohaddessin, Mohammad. Islamic Fundamentalism: The New Global Threat. Washington, Seven Locks Press, 1993. 224 p.
Book call no.: 95.054 M697i

Mottahedeh, Roy P. The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1985. 416 p.
Book call no.: 955.053 M921m

Myer, Will. Islam and Colonialism: Western Perspectives on Soviet Asia. New York, RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. 263 p.
Book call no.: 958.0429 M996i

Norval, Morgan. Triumph of Disorder: Islamic Fundamentalism, the New Face of War. Indian Wells, CA, McKenna Pub. Group, 2001. 307 p.
Book call no.: 320.550917671 N891t

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

Olcott, Martha Brill. Islam, Fundamentalism and Public Policy in Central Asia. Washington, National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1993. 26 p.
Book call no.: 297.0958 O43i

Petrushevskifi, I. P. Islam in Iran. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1985. 400 p.
Book call no.: 297.0955 P498i

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

Polonskaia, L. R. Islam in Central Asia. Reading, UK, Ithaca Press, 1994. 
171 p.
Book call no.: 297.0958 P778i

Rahnama, Ali. The Secular Miracle: Religion, Politics and Economic Policy in Iran. London, Zed Books, 1990. 376 p.
Book call no.: 320.955 R148s

Rashid, Ahmed. Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia. New York, Yale University Press, 2002. 281 p.
Book call no.: 297.0958 R224j

Rashid, Ahmed. The Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or Nationalism?. Atlantic Highlands, NJ, Zed Books, 1994. 278 p.
Book call no.: 958 R224r

Rashid, Ahmed. Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2000. 274 p.
Book call no.: 958.104 R224t

Roy, Olivier. Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1990. 270 p.
Book call no.: 322.109581 R888i

Salehi, M. M. Insurgency Through Culture and Religion: The Islamic Revolution of Iran. New York, Praeger, 1988. 186 p.
Book call no.: 955.05 S163i

Shay, Shaul. The Endless Jihad: The Mujahidin, the Taliban and Bin Laden. Herzliya, Israel, International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, 2002. 176 p.
"Surveys and assesses the processes that led to the outbreak of the civil war, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Jihad declared by the Muslim world against the Soviet invasion."
Book call no.: 958.104 S538e

Tursunov, Bakhrom and Pikulina, Marina. Severe Lessons of Batken. Camberley, UK, Conflict Studies Research Centre, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1999. 12 p.
Also available online at: http://www.ppc.pims.org/Projects/csrc/k28_batken.htm
Book call no.: 958 T961s

Ebert, Todd B. The Taliban and Islamic Fundamentalism in Central Asia. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2001. 130 p.
Argues that the Taliban ideology is unlikely to spread beyond the borders of Afghanistan.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 E16t

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

Grogan, Michael S. National Security Imperatives and the Neorealist State: Iran and Realpolitik. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2000. 211 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 G8741n

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Islam in Iran: The Shi'ite Faith, Its History and Teaching. Washington, Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, 1979. 48 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no. 79-78-GOV

O'Connor, Kevin J. A Review of Iran's Potential to Create a Middle East Islamic Empire. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 1983. 71 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 O182r

Schahgaldian, Nikola B. The Clerical Establishment in Iran. Santa Monica, CA, Rand Corporation, 1989. 140 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 30352-1 no. 3788

Singh, Vijay K. Security Implications of the Rise of Fundamentalism in Afghanistan and Its Regional and Global Impact. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2001. 52 p.
A study of the historical instability in Afghanistan in terms of ethnicity and what effect the rise of Islamic fundamentalism will have on militancy in the region.
Doc. call no.: M-U 30980-537 S617s

Wright, Kevin V. Core Values in Conflict: United States Security Policy and Islamic Extremism in Afghanistan. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2000. 31 p.
Examines the background of contemporary Islamic extremism and American national security responses using Afghanistan as a model.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 W951c

Periodicals

Addario, Lynsey. Jihad's Women New York Times Magazine 151:38-41 October 21, 2001.
Daily life at the more than 100 Islamic schools for girls and women in the Northwest Frontier Province of Palistan is discussed.

Bollag, Burton. For Iranian Women, Conservative Dress Fosters Liberal Views on Campus. Chronicle of Higher Education 46:B2 July 7, 2000.
Iranian women in higher education have a larger degree of freedom and play a wider role in society than most women from other Middle Eastern countries. Some of these women see hebab as an expression of modesty and morality that liberates them in other ways.

Del Castillo, Daniel. Kabul University Open, Taking Women Chronicle of Higher Education 47:A40 July 27, 2001.
Reports that Kabul University is open and has some female students in its medical school.

Filabi, Azish. Holding Hands in Public. World & I 15:192-203 December 2000.
Examines how Islam suppresses the lifestyle choices of the youth in Iran in terms of dating and marriage.

Howard, Roger. Probing the Ties That Bind Militant Islam Jane's Intelligence Review 12:36-39 February 2000.

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

The Islamic Awakening's Second Wave. NPQ: New Perspectives Quarterly 19:36-42 Winter 2002.
Presents the views of Hassan Al-Turabi on the Islamic reconstruction of society taking place in 2002 from Algeria and Jordan to Khartoum and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Keddie, Nikki and Gheytanchi, Elham. Women in Iran Since 1979. Social Research 67:405-452 Summer 2000.
There have been notable alternations in the roles and status of women in Iran.

Makarenko, Tamara. Seeking Security in Central Asia. Jane's Intelligence Review 13:23-25 January 2001.

Mir-Hosseini, Ziba and Keddie, Nikkie. Women - Islam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran The Middle East Journal 54:672-675 2000.

The Perpetual Vortex. Economist 360:20-23 September 29, 2001.
Discusses the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the threat of radical Islam to China.

Rose, Richard. How Muslims View Democracy: Evidence from Central Asia. Journal of Democracy 13:102-112 October 2002.
Focuses on the influence of religious observance on democratic values and gives the percentage of Muslims supporting dictatorships.

Sarafian, Gregory R. Islamic Extremism in Former Soviet Republics. Military Review 81:64-70 May-June 2001.

Schatz, Edward. Islamism and Anti-Americanism in Central Asia. Current History 101:337-344 October 2002.
Explores the emergence and proliferation of Islamism and the roots of anti-Americanism in Central Asia.

Sergeyev, Boris F. Islam and Intolerance in Central Asia. Europe-Asia Studies 54:251-276 March 2002.
Provides information that considers what connections may exist between Islamic religious beliefs and democratic political culture in post-Soviet Central Asia.

Sergeyev, Boris F. Islam and Intolerance in Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgyzstan. Europe-Asia Studies 54:251-276 March 2002.
Discusses Islam's role in promoting or hindering political tolerance in Kyrgyzstan.

Videos

The Islamic Wave. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000. 1 videocassette, 50 min.
"Surveys the sociopolitical landscape of Islamic hotspots in the Middle East, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sudan, and elsewhere." Provides a history of Islam, looks at Islam's growing popularity and examines the use of violence by Muslim extremists to attain their goals.
Video call no.: 297.09 I822

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