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Globalized Islam : The Search for a New Ummah (The Ceri Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies)
Globalized Islam The Search for a New Ummah - The Ceri Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies Author:Olivier Roy A schism has emerged between mainstream Islamist movements in the Muslim world (e.g. Hamas of Palestine and Hezbullah of Lebanon) and the uprooted militants who strive to establish an imaginary ummah, or Muslim community, not embedded in any particular society or territory. Roy provides a detailed comparison of these transnational movements, whe... more »ther peaceful, like Tabligh Jamaat and the Islamic brotherhoods, or violent, like Al Qaeda. Neofundamentalism, he argues, is both a product and an agent of globalization.« less