An accessible and comprehensive account of the global dimensions of political Islam in the twenty-first century, explaining political Islam, nationalism and glo

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This book is an accessible and comprehensive account of political Islam in the contemporary world. Providing a broad introduction to all major aspects of the in

Islam is a burning topic in modern scholarship and contemporary world affairs. It is a subject poorly understood by Western observers, and in this book Professo