INTRODUCTION: Is Jihadism on the Path of Self-Destruction? Jihadism: the calling of a Physician with the fixations of a hypochondriac Jihadism: Reclaiming Islam and Losing Muslims Jihad as an individual duty (fard' 'ayn) Regretful Takfiris 1 Past and Present Jihadis Why the Kharijites and Why Now? The 'Kharijites' as a Contentious Label a- Jihadis as Kharijites b- Non-Jihadis as Kharijites Beyond Polemics The Jihadis 2 Contesting Islam: The Kharijites The Rise of the Kharijites a- Loyalty to God Alone b- Khuruj (rebellion) The Kharijites and the Authorities The Kharijites' Islamic Exceptionalism a- Egalitarianism b- Individualism versus Institutionalism/Legitimism c- Islamic Exceptionalism From Exceptionalism to Extreme Exceptionalism: Second-Generation Kharijites a- Believers versus Community b- Takfir Over-Qualified Muslims Past and Present 3 Islam Re-considered: Islamism and Jihadism Islam and Hierarchy of Knowledge Decentralization of Islam Islamism and Jihadism: Islamization versus Jihadization of Islam * H'asan al-Banna * Sayyid Qut)b From Islamization to Jihadization of Islam The Route to Jihadism Jihadi Ideologues * 'Abdallah 'Azzam * Dr Fad'l * Abu Muh'ammad al-Maqdisi Conclusion 4 Why Jihad and not Democracy? Qualifying the Question in the Title Islamist Discourses on Democracy The Jihadis' Rationale against Democracy An Unholy Alliance: Democracy & Authoritarianism * Ayman al-Z'awahiri on the Muslim Brotherhood * Al-Qa'ida on Hamas Doctrinal Solutions Why is democracy a religion? Why Jihad? Past and Present Jihad Concluding Remarks 5 Takfir and Jihad against Muslim Infidels Islam Giveth, Islam Taketh Away: the Intellectual Foundation of takfir Ayman al-Z)awahiri on wala' and bara' The Union that was not Meant to be The Islamic credibility of the Shi'a in the eyes of the jihadis Jihadism in Iraq Post al-Zarqawi The Islamic Credibility of the Taliban in the Eyes of the Jihadis Jihadi Leadership and the Future of Jihadism Dr Fad'l Abu Muh*ammad al-Maqdisi Jihadism and Leadership Conclusion CONCLUSION
Nelly Lahoud is an Assistant Professor of Political Theory, including Islamic Political Thought, at Goucher College and an Associate at the International Security Program - Initiative on Religion in International Affairs, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. In 2005, she was a Rockefeller Fellow in Islamic studies at the Library of Congress. Her publications include Political Thought in Islam: A Study in Intellectual Boundaries and co-editor (with A.H. Johns) of Islam in World Politics London/New York: Routledge, 2005.
' - brings to the table a completely diff erent set of analytical tools and source materials which will supplement existing theories and thus greatly enrich our understanding of jihadism.' - Dr Thomas Hegghammer, Harvard University
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