Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Introduction 7
4. Chapter 1. Islamist Terrorism: A Perversion or the Norm? 23
5. Chapter 2. The Ideological Roots of Religious Terrorism: Salafism and Jihadism 63
6. Chapter 3. Palestine: From Left-Wing Nationalism to Islamism 105
7. Chapter 4. The Islamic Revolution: The Export Version 130
8. Chapter 5. Al-Qaeda: Terrorist Franchising 155
9. Chapter 6. Afghanistan: From Mujahideen to Taliban 171
10. Chapter 7. Jihadism in the Post-Soviet Landscape 198
11. As a conclusion. Resisting Religious Extremism and Terrorism: What should be done? 232
12. Bibliography 244
13. Links 256
14. Index 257
15. About the Authors 262
16. Also Published by Academic Studies Press in 2011 264