Nothing abides : perspectives on the Middle East and Islam / by Daniel Pipes.
| Author/creator |
Pipes, Daniel, 1949- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2015] |
| Description | xvii, 329 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction -- I. The Arab-Israeli conflict: 1. Peace process or war process? (2009) -- 2. The Muslim claim to Jerusalem (2001) -- 3. The hell of Israel is better than the paradise of Arafat (2005) -- 4. The year the Arabs discovered Palestine (1989) -- 5. Mirror image: how the PLO mimics Zionism (1994) -- 6. The road to Damascus: what Netanyahu almost gave away in 1998 (1999) -- II. Middle Eastern politics: 7. Understanding Middle Eastern conspiracy theories (1991) -- 8. Dealing with Middle Eastern of conspiracy -- 9. The Alawi capture of power in Syria (1989) -- 10. The scandal of U.S.-Saudi relations (2002) -- 11. Obituary for Nizar Hamdoon (1944-2003) (2003) -- 12. What Egypt's president Sisi really thinks (2014) -- III. Islam in modern life: 13. Can Islam be reformed? (2013) -- 14. You need Beethoven to modernize (1998) -- 15. Denying Islam's role in terrorism: why? (2013) -- 16. The Rushdie rules ascendant (2010) -- IV. Islam in the west: 17. Muslim immigrants in the United States (with Khalid Duran; 2002) -- 18. CAIR: Islamists fooling the establishment (with Sharon Chadha; 2006) -- 19. Barack Obama's Muslim childhood (2012) -- V. Individuals and American Islam: 20. Stealth Islamist: Khaled Abou el Fadl (2004) -- 21. Waging jihad through the American courts (2010) -- 22. A Palestinian in Texas: Riad Hamad (2012) -- 23. Lefty for radical Islam: Dennis Kucinich (2012). |
| Abstract | Daniel Pipes has collected some of his sharpest and most prescient writings from the quarter century 1989-2014. In them, he addresses a range of current topics, from the origins of the civil war in Syria to denying the Islamic factor in terrorism, to the way to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Pipes pursues two themes in particular: the internal instability of Muslim-majority countries, in which nothing abides, and the expression of Muslims' drive to apply Islamic law. Pipes' interests concentrate on the Middle East as understood from a historical point of view and on the role of Islam in politics. Divided into five thematic sections, this work addresses the Arab-Israeli conflict, Middle Eastern politics, Islam in modern life, Islam in the West, and individuals connected to American Islam. Pipes' deep knowledge, gained over forty-five years of study, combined with incisive writing and a well-regarded courage to speak out on controversial topics make Nothing Abides a compelling read for Middle East specialists, students, and the interested public. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2014035994 |
| ISBN | 9781412856737 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1412856736 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781412856836 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1412856833 (pbk.) |
| Standard identifier# | 40025045349 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DS63.1 .P574 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |