Jihad : The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
ISBN: 9780142002605 | 0142002607
Edition: ReprintFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Pub. Date: 12/31/2002
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Ahmed Rashid, whose masterful account of Afghanistan's Taliban regime became required reading after September 11, turns his legendary skills as an investigative journalist to five adjacent Central Asian Republics-Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-where religious repression, political corruption, and extreme poverty have created a fertile climate for militant Islam. Based on groundbreaking research and numerous interviews, Rashid explains the roots of fundamentalist rage in Central Asia, describes the goals and act... MORE
| Preface to paperback edition | ix | ||||
| Preface | xxv | ||||
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| PART I Islam and Politics in Central Asia, Past and Present | |||||
| 15 | (17) | |||
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| 57 | (38) | |||
| PART II Islamic Movements in Central Asia Since 1991 | |||||
| 95 | (20) | |||
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| Appendix: The Call to Jihad by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan | 247 | (4) | |||
| Notes | 251 | (12) | |||
| Glossary | 263 | (6) | |||
| Index | 269 |
Ahmed Rashid is a journalist who has been covering Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia for more than twenty years. He is a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, Far Eastern Economic Review, Daily Telegraph, and The Nation, a leading newspaper in Pakistan. His #1 New York Times bestseller Taliban has been translated into more than twenty languages.
