In this Book
- Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: Texts and Contexts from al-Banna to Bin Laden
- Book
- 2021
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
The most authoritative anthology of Islamist texts
This anthology of key primary texts provides an unmatched introduction to Islamist political thought from the early twentieth century to the present, and serves as an invaluable guide through the storm of polemic, fear, and confusion that swirls around Islamism today. Roxanne Euben and Muhammad Qasim Zaman gather a broad selection of texts from influential Islamist thinkers and place these figures and their writings in their multifaceted political and historical contexts. The selections presented here in English translation include writings of Ayatollah Khomeini, Usama bin Laden, Muslim Brotherhood founder Hasan al-Banna, and Moroccan Islamist leader Nadia Yassine, as well as the Hamas charter, an interview with a Taliban commander, and the final testament of 9/11 hijacker Muhammad Ata.
Illuminating the content and political appeal of Islamist thought, this anthology brings into sharp relief the commonalities in Islamist arguments about gender, democracy, and violence, but it also reveals significant political and theological disagreements among thinkers too often grouped together and dismissed as extremists or terrorists. No other anthology better illustrates the diversity of Islamist thought, the complexity of its intellectual and political contexts, or the variety of ways in which it relates to other intellectual and religious trends in the contemporary Muslim world.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Permissions
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-46
- Chapter 2. Hasan al-Banna, 1906–1949
- pp. 49-55
- Toward the Light
- pp. 56-78
- The Islamic Law
- pp. 86-106
- Muslim Decadence and Revival
- pp. 112-128
- Chapter 5. Sayyid Qutb, 1906–1966
- pp. 129-135
- Signposts along the Road
- pp. 136-144
- In the Shade of the Qur'an
- pp. 145-152
- Part II. Remaking the Islamic State
- pp. 153-154
- Islamic Government
- pp. 163-180
- Chapter 7. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, 1934–1980
- pp. 181-185
- The General Framework of the Islamic Economy
- pp. 186-206
- Chapter 8. Hasan al-Turabi, 1932–
- pp. 207-212
- The Islamic State
- pp. 213-223
- Chapter 9. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, 1926–
- pp. 224-229
- Islam and Democracy
- pp. 230-246
- Part III. Islamism and Gender
- pp. 247-248
- Chapter 10. Murtaza Mutahhari, 1920–1979
- pp. 249-253
- The Human Status of Woman in the Qur'an
- pp. 254-274
- Chapter 11. Zaynab al-Ghazali, 1917–2005
- pp. 275-282
- An Islamist Activist
- pp. 283-287
- From Days of My Life, chapter 2
- pp. 288-301
- Chapter 12. Nadia Yassine, 1958–
- pp. 302-310
- Part IV. Violence, Action, and Jihad
- pp. 319-320
- The Neglected Duty
- pp. 327-343
- Chapter 14. ‘Umar ‘abd Al-Rahman, 1938–
- pp. 344-349
- Chapter 15. Hamas, 1987–
- pp. 356-363
- Chapter 16. Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah, 1935–
- pp. 387-393
- Islamic Unity and Political Change
- pp. 394-402
- Chapter 17. The Taliban, 1994–
- pp. 409-414
- A New Layeha for the Mujahidin
- pp. 415-417
- An Interview with a Taliban Commander (2006)
- pp. 418-422
- Part V. Globalizing Jihad
- pp. 423-424
- Chapter 18. Usama bin Laden, 1957–
- pp. 425-435
- Final Instructions
- pp. 466-472
- Bibliography
- pp. 479-500