Islamic Resistance to Imperialism
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (530 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01F3T4I28 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 363 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Absolute must-read! This book fills a gaping void in the literature Kevin J. Barrett In Islam, the first two adjectival "most beautiful names" of God are al-Rahman al-Rahim, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. (Or, in Michael Sells' translation, "the Compassionate, the Caring.") The Arabic root of both words derives from "womb" and connotes the kind of outrageously generous love and compassion a mother. "Excellent rebuttal to the Western propaganda" according to Richard Wilcox. Pathways and Pitfalls of Islamic StrugglesBook Review of “Islamic Resistance to Imperialism” by Eric Walberg By Richard Wilcox, PhDAugust 28, 2015Eric Walberg has now written three books on the topic of Islamic culture in relation to Western geo-politics and world events. He is a prolific journalist and scholar . The Key to Understanding 'Islamic Exremism' Deena Stryker Islamic Resistance to ImperialismEric Walberg is a Canadian journalist who converted to Islam and has been covering the Middle East for a number of years. I do not know whether there are other books about Islam by converts, but this one is written by someone who is fiercely political and who sees Islam as a remedy to the wo
Lawrence’s use of Arabs to fracture the Ottoman Empire, it ledto the actual creation of ‘Islamic states’ (Saudi Arabia and Pakistan) allied with the West; ongoingcooperation between western security forces and Islamists opposed to socialist regimes; andthe financing and training of jihadists.But the largely nonviolent 1979 Iranian revolution, inspired by antipathy towards the neocolonialregime and a deep religious faith, was carried out in the name of Islam and had echoes in theSunni world. Emerging most notably in T.E. It thenturns to the movements to re-establish the Caliphate, the Color Revolutions and the Arab Spring,and the experience of key Muslim-majority countries in the past two decades (Turkey,Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran).It then sums up the state of the ummah in the 21st century and prospects for future Islamicresistance to imperialism.. The justification of indiscri
Presently a writer for the foremost Cairo newspaper, Al Ahram, he is also a regular contributor to Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Global Research, Al-Jazeerah and Turkish Weekly, and is a commentator on Voice of the Cape radio. Walberg was a moderator and speaker at the Leaders for Change Summit leadersofchangesummit in Istanbul in 2011. About the Author Canadian Eric Walberg is known worldwide as a journalist specializing in the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia. His articles appear in Russian, German, Spanish and Arabic and are accessible at his website ericwalberg. . His book, Postmodern Imperialism, is published in Chinese, Turkish and Russian. A graduate of University of Toronto and Cambridge in economics, he has been writing on East-West relations since the 1980s. He has lived in both the Soviet Union and Russia, and then Uzbekistan, as a UN adviser, writer, translator and lecturer
. His articles appear in Russian, German, Spanish and Arabic and are accessible at his website ericwalberg. A graduate of University of Toronto and Cambridge in economics, he has been writing on East-West relations since the 1980s. Canadian Eric Walberg is known worldwide as a journalist specializing in the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia. Presently a writer for the foremost Cairo newspaper, Al Ahram, he is also a regular contributor to Counterpunc