Jihad In Central Asia

Author : Rashid,Ahmed
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : 8125022287

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Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia by Rashid,Ahmed Pdf

Ahmed Rashid, Who Masterfully Explained Afghanistan S Taliban Regime In His Previous Book, Here Turns His Skills As An Investigative Journalist To The Five Central Asian Republics Adjacent To Afghanistan That Were Part Of The Soviet Union Until Its Collapse In 1991. Religious Repression, Political Corruption, And The Region S Extreme Poverty Have Created A Fertile Climate For Militant Islamic Fundamentalism. Funded And Trained By Organisations Such As Osama Bin Laden S Al Qaeda And The Taliban, Guerrilla Movements Like The Imu (Islamic Movement Of Uzbekistan) Have Recruited A Staggering Number Of Members And Launched Insurgencies That Threaten The Stability Of All Five Nations. Based On Groundbreaking Research And Numerous Interviews, Jihad Explains The Roots Of Fundamentalist Rage In Central Asia, Describes The Goals And Activities Of These Militant Organisations, And Suggests Ways By Which This Threat Can Be Neutralised In The Future Through Diplomatic And Economic Intervention.

Author : Ahmed Rashid
Publisher : Yale Nota Bene
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0300099509

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Jihad by Ahmed Rashid Pdf

From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Taliban" comes an in-depth look at an important and overlooked hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism.

Author : Musa Khan Jalalzai
Publisher : Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789389620283

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Jihad in Central Asia by Musa Khan Jalalzai Pdf

The four Central Asian States (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan) security agencies and government have adopted several law and order measures to effectively fight against radicalization, but some states failed to intercept the infiltration of the ISIS militants from Afghanistan into the region. The power structures, social institutions and local authorities of the Central Asian states are unable to work with radical Islamic groups. The prospect of nuclear terrorism in Central Asia and possibly in Russia, is crystal clear. The risk of a complete nuclear device falling into the hands of terrorists will cause consternation in the region. Nuclear terrorism remains a constant threat to global peace. Access of terrorist organizations to nuclear material is a bigger threat to civilian population. These are some of the issues discussed in the book. The issues are based on well researched papers by eminent authors on the subject.

Author : Antonio Giustozzi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787380950

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The Islamic State in Khorasan by Antonio Giustozzi Pdf

So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran and India) in 2014. Reports of its presence were at first dismissed as propaganda, but during 2015 it became clear that IS had a serious presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan at least. This book, by one of the leading experts on Islamist insurgency in the region, explores the nature of IS in Khorasan, its aim and strategies, and its evolution in an environment already populated by many jihadist organisations. Based on first-hand research and numerous interviews with members of IS in Khorasan, as well as with other participants and observers, the book addresses highly contentious issues such as funding, IS's relationship with the region's authorities, and its interactions with other insurgent groups. Giustozzi argues that the central leadership of IS invested significant financial resources in establishing its own branch in Khorasan, and as such it is more than a local movement which adopted the IS brand for its own aims. Though the central leadership has been struggling in implementing its project, it is now turning towards a more realistic approach. This is the first book on a new frontier in Islamic State's international jihad.

Author : A. Rashid
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1417660910

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Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia by A. Rashid Pdf

Author : Duncan Fitz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442228146

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Central Asian Militancy by Duncan Fitz Pdf

As Western forces withdraw from Afghanistan, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) could become more dangerous to Western and Afghan interests. Both groups are active in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater and may use northern Afghanistan as a springboard for extending the banner of Sharia north of the Amu Darya River, the natural boundary separating Afghanistan from post-Soviet Central Asia.

Author : Martha Brill Olcott
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780870033018

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In the Whirlwind of Jihad by Martha Brill Olcott Pdf

In Uzbekistan, Central Asia's most populous country, Islam has been an ever-present factor in the lives of its people and a contentious force for political officials trying to build a secular and authoritarian government. In the Whirlwind of Jihad examines the intertwined and evolving relationships between religion, the state, and society in Uzbekistan from the late 1980s to today, encompassing the period from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the launch of the U.S.-led "war on terror" in neighboring Afghanistan. Martha Brill Olcott, the foremost expert on Central Asia, concludes that in an era of global communication and increased contact with international Islamic communities, a new role for Islam in Uzbekistan will ultimately emerge with implications beyond the country's borders.

Author : Musa Khan Jalalzai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9389620279

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Jihad in Central Asia by Musa Khan Jalalzai Pdf

The book discussed the issues regarding the prospect of nuclear terrorism in Central Asia and possibly in Russia and the risk of a complete nuclear device falling into the hands of terrorists.

Author : Jatin Kumar Mohanty
Publisher : Gyan Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Radicalism
ISBN : 8178353229

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Terrorism and Militancy in Central Asia by Jatin Kumar Mohanty Pdf

The book is basically an account of the problem of terrorism and militancy in the five newly independent countries viz. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirgystan and Turkmenistan or called central Asia. It thoroughly discusses important issues like financing of terrorist activities, the possible causes behind the growth of terrorism in that region, their objectives etc.

Author : Robert Johnson
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1861893396

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Oil, Islam, and Conflict by Robert Johnson Pdf

The author looks at the policies of the Central Asian governments, that includes their attitudes to democratic reform, human rights, energy and economic development and how these are related to civil violence.

Author : Ahmed Rashid
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300163681

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Taliban by Ahmed Rashid Pdf

Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban into sharp focus. He explains its rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the region, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes toward the Taliban.

Author : Kathleen Collins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197685082

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Politicizing Islam in Central Asia by Kathleen Collins Pdf

A sweeping history of Islamism in Central Asia from the Russian Revolution to the present through Soviet-era archival documents, oral histories, and a trove of interviews and focus groups. Few observers anticipated a surge of Islamism in Central Asia, after seventy years of forced communist atheism. Muslims do not inevitably support Islamism, a modern political ideology of Islam. Yet, Islamism became the dominant form of political opposition in post-Soviet Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. In Politicizing Islam in Central Asia, Kathleen Collins explores the causes, dynamics, and variation in Islamist movements-first within the USSR, and then in the post-Soviet states of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Drawing upon extensive ethnographic and historical research on Islamist mobilization, she explains the strategies and relative success of each Central Asian Islamist movement. Collins argues that in each case, state repression of Islam, by Soviet and post-Soviet regimes, together with the diffusion of religious ideologies, motivated Islamist mobilization. Sweeping in scope, this book traces the dynamics of Central Asian Islamist movements from the Soviet era through the Tajik civil war, the Afghan jihad against the US, and the foreign fighter movement joining the Syrian jihad.

Author : Ahmed Rashid
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781681370897

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The Resurgence of Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid Pdf

A seminal introduction to the rise of Central Asia following the collapse of Tsarist Russia, this book has been out of print for two decades and is now more relevent than ever. The Resurgence of Central Asia is Ahmed Rashid’s seminal study of the states that emerged in the aftermath of the breakup of the Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. All have Muslim majorities and ancient histories but are otherwise very different. Rashid’s book, now with a new introduction by the author examining some of the crucial political developments since its first publication in 1994, provides entrée to this little-known but geopolitically important region. Rashid gives a history of each country, including its incorporation into Tsarist Russia, to the present day, provides basic socioeconomic information, and explains the diverse political situations. He focuses primarily on the underlying issues confronting these societies: the legacy of Soviet rule, ethnic tensions, the position of women, the future of Islam, the question of nuclear proliferation, and the fundamental choices over economic strategy, political system, and external orientation that lie ahead.

Author : Antonio Giustozzi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787380943

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The Islamic State in Khorasan by Antonio Giustozzi Pdf

So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran and India) in 2014. Reports of its presence were at first dismissed as propaganda, but during 2015 it became clear that IS had a serious presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan at least. This book, by one of the leading experts on Islamist insurgency in the region, explores the nature of IS in Khorasan, its aim and strategies, and its evolution in an environment already populated by many jihadist organisations. Based on first-hand research and numerous interviews with members of IS in Khorasan, as well as with other participants and observers, the book addresses highly contentious issues such as funding, IS's relationship with the region's authorities, and its interactions with other insurgent groups. Giustozzi argues that the central leadership of IS invested significant financial resources in establishing its own branch in Khorasan, and as such it is more than a local movement which adopted the IS brand for its own aims. Though the central leadership has been struggling in implementing its project, it is now turning towards a more realistic approach. This is the first book on a new frontier in Islamic State's international jihad.

Author : Ayesha Jalal
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674039070

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Partisans of Allah by Ayesha Jalal Pdf

Today, more than ever, jihad signifies the political opposition between Islam and the West. As the line drawn between Muslims and non-Muslims becomes more rigid, Jalal seeks to retrieve the ethical meanings of this core Islamic principle in South Asian history. Drawing on historical, legal, and literary sources, Jalal traces the intellectual itinerary of jihad through several centuries and across the territory connecting the Middle East with South Asia.