Azmi Bishara is one of the Arab world's most prominent scholars and critics of authoritarianism and colonialism. He has published extensively on political thought, state formation theory, social theory, and philosophy. His books include his trilogy on the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria (I.B. Tauris), as well as Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice; Religion and Secularism in Historical Context; The Question of the State; and On Salafism.
Introduction
Chapter One: Literature Review and Critical Notes
ISIS As an Opportunity to Confirm Existing Prejudices
How Central Was the Declaration of a Caliphate?
A Generational Revolt?
The War Perspective
Attempting a Psychological Explanation
Chapter Two: From Mujahidin to Jihadis, from Jihad to Jihadism
From a Religious Obligation to a Political Identity?
A Tension between Salafism and Jihadism in the Jihadi Salafism
Chapter Three: The Islamic State's Divergence from al-Qaeda
Leadership Dispute after Afghanistan and the Roots of Disagreement
Al-Zarqawi and the Conjugation of Sectarianism and Jihadi Salafism
A Debate Arises within the Jihadi Salafi Movement
Chapter Four: Expand or Perish
Background
Not Entirely Imported
The Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Phase
Chapter Five: Life under ISIS
Imposing ?udud: First Comes the Punishment
Economic Aspects
The Nightmare of ISIS's Daily Dictates
The Cultural Makeover and the Failed Attempt to Produce "the New Muslim"
Chapter Six: Ideologues
The Brutality Required to Manage Savagery
?Abdullah Ibn Muhammad: How Strategic Thinking Prompted a Jihadi Salafi to
Change His Mind
The Islamic State's Strategic Plan
From Informing Humanity to Pledging Allegiance to al-Baghdadi
Extending Hands of Allegiance to al-Baghdadi
Between Reality and Illusion, or Debates within the Jihadi Salafi Movement
An Addendum in Commentary on Abu ?Abdullah al-Muhajir's Issues in the
Jurisprudence of Jihad
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