Table of Contents

1. Introduction (Alex de Waal) 2. On the failure and persistence of Jihad (A. H. Abdel Salam and Alex de Waal) 3. Islamism, jihad and state power in Sudan (Alex de Waal and A.H. Abdel Salam) 4. Islamic dynamics in the Somali civil war (Roland Marchal) 5. The promise and peril of Islamic voluntarism (M.A. Mohamed Salih) 6. The politics of destabilisation in the Horn 1989-2001 (Alex de Waal) 7. Africa, Islamism and America's 'War on Terror' after September 11

About the Author

Alex de Waal was born in the UK and educated at Oxford, where he obtained a DPhil in social anthropology. He is author of eight books and numerous articles, including: Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan, 1984-1985 (Clarendon Press, 1989), and Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa . Alex is a director of Justice Africa, a London-based organisation that supports human rights, peace and democracy in Africa. He serves as advisor to the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa on issues of HIV/AIDS and governance

Reviews

'a scholarly and critical analysis of Islamism in Sudan and the Horn of Africa, linking it with its roots in Egypt and unravelling its ideological, sociological and political facets.' (Patrick Gilkes, BBC World Service)