About the Author

Johannes J. G. Jansen is Professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Islamic Middle East at the University of Leiden.

Reviews

"Jansen ... is one of the most astute and daring writers on fundamentalist Islam. His title points to the rather pedestrian fact that fundamentalist Islam 'is both fully politics and fully religion,' but the book offer the author's deep understanding of this phenomenon, which he characterizes an an 'unusual combination of logic, religion, politics and violence.'"-Justin C. Danilewitz, Middle East Quarterly "Johannes J. G. Jansen covers an interesting and important subject in a clear way. He provides the reader with some crucial information not covered well in other sources." -John Voll, Georgetown University