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Author:   Tareq Y. Ismael ,  Andrew Rippin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780415697910

ISBN 10:   0415697913
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   06 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"1. The ‘West’ and the Islamic World: Patterns of Confrontation and Paths to Reconciliation 2. The Origin of Difference: Edward Said, Michel Foucault and the modern image of Islam 3. Demonizing the Enemy in the War on Terror 4. Islam and Muslims as seen by the Christian Zionists 5. Vigilante Masculinity and the ‘War on Terror’ 6. Islam in the US: The Contemporary Scene 7. ‘Jihadiology’ and the problem of reaching a contemporary understanding of Jihad 8. Muslims, Neighbours in Asia? The Transformation of Japan’s Perceptions of Islam as Shown in Its Media 9. U.S Politics, Media and Muslims in the Post 9/11 Era 10. Media and Societal Discourse on Western-Muslim Relations 11. Understanding the Muslim World: We Can Do Better 12. Applying ""the McCarthy Test"" to Canadian and American Security Legislation: A 10-Year Retrospective on the Impact of September 11, 2001 on Privacy Rights 13. Huntington’s ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Rumours and Clarification 14. Getting it Wrong Yet Again: America and the Islamic Mainstream"

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Tareq Y. Ismael is Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is the Editor of the International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies; his most recent publications include The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party in Iraq and Cultural Cleansing in Iraq: Why Museums were Looted, Libraries Burned and Academics Murdered. Andrew Rippin is Professor of Islamic History at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006, his publications include Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, and The Islamic World (both published by Routledge).

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