- Paperback: 204 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (Nov 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9057023342
- ISBN-13: 978-9057023347
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,164,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Lucidly written, this book makes a valuable contribution to college and university collections in Arab-Israeli and Islamic studies.
–S. Ayubi, The State University of New Jersey of Choice
The book fills an important gap in the current literature, and I would call it must reading for anyone seriously concerned with the Palestine-Israel situation.
–William Shepherd of University of Canterbury, New Zealand
–S. Ayubi, The State University of New Jersey of Choice
The book fills an important gap in the current literature, and I would call it must reading for anyone seriously concerned with the Palestine-Israel situation.
–William Shepherd of University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Book Description
The ideology of Islamic fundamentalists is of central importance in the modern world, but it is often distorted or misunderstood by the international media. This insightful study provides a detailed analysis of the Palestinian Hamas movement's world-view, and shows how the theoretical framework developed by thinkers such as Hassan al-Banna, Sayyis Qutb and al-Mawdudi is applied to a specific political, social and economic context. Nusse explains the fundamentalist position on recent events, such as the Gulf War, the Madrid peace negotiations and the Hebron massacre, and helps to dissipate myths surrounding modern fundamentalist movements and their overwhelming success as opposition movements in the modern world.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Overall, a solid book,
This review is from: Muslim Palestine: The Ideology of Hamas (Paperback)
To gain a brief understanding of HAMAS' ideology, then look no further. Though this book occasionally reads like an editorial, I really appreciated the fact that the author chose not to tone down the radical language that the movement is so famous for using. Admittedly, the editor dropped the ball on correcting grammatical errors by Ms. Nusse, but if you can look past this then you will find a richly detailed and easy to read book on the backbone of the HAMAS movement. If you wish to learn more than the western media tells you about the pejorative phrase of "suicide bombers" then I recommend picking up this book!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid academic review of Hamas' ideology.,
By Sean Madden (seanmadden@hotmail.com) (Seaside, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Muslim Palestine: The Ideology of Hamas (Paperback)
Ms. Nusse does a professional job of explaining Hamas' ideology, particularly as regards its opposition to the Arab-Israeli peace process. She does a great job of explaining how their understanding of Islam and the Qur'an lead them to the positions they take. She does an equally good job of showing where they deviate from the Qur'an when they find it politically expedient to do so. After finishing the book, I feel that I actually have a decent understanding of Hamas and why it thinks and acts as it does. I have only two critcisms: 1) Ms. Nusse sometimes does a poor job making clear whether she is giving her own personal opinion on an issue, or merely explaining Hamas'; and 2) the editor is to be faulted for allowing far too many spelling and grammar errors. I can't blame Ms. Nusse for that, she's not a native English speaker.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Overall, a solid book,
By The Jigga Man - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Muslim Palestine: The Ideology of Hamas (Paperback)
To gain a brief understanding of HAMAS' ideology, then look no further. Though this book occasionally reads like an editorial, I really appreciated the fact that the author chose not to tone down the radical language that the movement is so famous for using. Admittedly, the editor dropped the ball on correcting grammatical errors by Ms. Nusse, but if you can look past this then you will find a richly detailed and easy to read book on the backbone of the HAMAS movement. If you wish to learn more than the western media tells you about the pejorative phrase of "suicide bombers" then I recommend picking up this book!
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