Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction xi
4. Part One. GLORIOUS MEMORIES AND AGONIZING AWAKENING
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Social, Economic, and Cultural Bases of Islam 3
7. 2. Muhammad the Messenger and His Message 10
8. 3. The Caliphate and the Conquests 21
9. 4. The Great Days of the Caliphates and the Evolution of Islam 31
10. 5. The North Moves South 50
11. Part Two. THE RESPONSES OF TRADITIONAL MUSLIM SOCIETIES
12. Introduction 67
13. 6. Sultan Selim III, Napoleon, and Mehmet Ali 69
14. 7. French Invasion and Algerian Resistance 84
15. 8. The British Conquest of India and the Sepoy Revolt 92
16. 9. Chechen Imam Shamil Resists Russian Imperialism 107
17. 10. Bankers on Horseback 119
18. 11. Sudanese Mahdiyah and the British Conquest 126
19. 12. Sanusiyah Imam Umar al-Mukhtar against Italian Genocide 133
20. 13. The Riff War and Abd al-Karim in Morocco 138
21. 14. The Aceh War and Dutch Imperialism 145
22. 15. Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and the Muslim Awakening 152
23. Part Three. THE SHIFT TO SECULAR NATIONALISM
24. Introduction 163
25. 16. The Struggle to Define Identity 167
26. 17. The First Iranian Revolution 184
27. 18. The First World War 194
28. 19. The Postwar Middle East 209
29. 20. Palestine, the Much Promised Land 219
30. 21. Turkey and Atatürk 231
31. 22. Reza Shah of Iran 241
32. 23. Islam in India and the Formation of Pakistan 246
33. 24. Kashmir, the Palestine of Central Asia 261
34. 25. Islam in Southeast Asia 275
35. 26. Afghanistan’s Centuries of Resistance 293
36. 27. The Silk Road 306
37. 28. The Algerian Revolution 313
38. 29. Nasser and Arabiyah 323
39. 30. Saddam Husain and Iraq 335
40. Part Four. THE REASSERTION OF ISLAM
41. Introduction 347
42. 31. Iran, the Revolutionary Shiah Muslim State 349
43. 32. The Muslim Brotherhood 363
44. 33. The Philosopher of the Muslim Revolt, Sayyid Qutb 370
45. 34. Palestine: Wars, Diaspora, and Failed State 381
46. 35. Hizbullah, Stateless Nation 397
47. 36. Gaza and Hamas 406
48. 37. The Uyghurs and Chinese Islam 418
49. Part Five. MILITANT ISLAM
50. Introduction 435
51. 38. The Moro “Rebellion” in the Philippines 439
52. 39. Somalia, the “Failed State,” 451
53. 40. Boko Haram and Nigeria 462
54. 41. Usama bin Ladin and al-Qaida 472
55. 42. The Islamic State 491
56. Part Six. AFTERWORD: THE PARABLE OF THE BLIND BRAHMINS
57. Introduction 507
58. 43. Trunks and Tails 509
59. 44. What the North Did to the South 518
60. 45. What the South Did to Itself 526
61. 46. Where We Are Now and Where We Can Go 533
62. Notes 537
63. Glossary 589
64. Acknowledgments 599
65. Index 603