Revolutionary Ideology and Islamic Militancy: The Iranian Revolution and Interpretations of the Quran (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781845110635)

The 'war on terror' tends to circumscribe crucial developments in the Islamic world within a narrow definition of 'Islamic terrorism'. This partial and incomplete perspective fails to comprehend the links between today's scenario and the Iranian revolution of 1979 - a revolution fought in the name of God and spearheaded by religious scholars. It is vital to examine the relationship between religious and revolutionary ideologies and the revolutionary potentials of Islamic teachings.In a penetrating new study, Najibullha Lafraie examines how revolutionary ideologies function, and applies these insights to the Quran and its interpreters in the vanguard of the Iranian revolution. By unpacking these discourses, Lafraie develops and refines the concept of a 'Quranic' revolutionary ideology. "The Ideology of the Islamic Revolution" delineates the different ways in which the Quran was used to mobilise action in 1979, and in so doing provides a context for understanding today's Islamist movements.

Author: Najibullah Lafraie
ISBN-10: 1845110633
ISBN-13: 9781845110635
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2009
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 04/24/2009 pg. 21