A Quietist Jihadi: The Ideology and Influence of Abu Muhammad Al-MaqdisiCambridge University Press, 2012 M06 11 - 290 pages Since 9/ll, the Jordanian Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (b. West Bank, 1959) has emerged as one of the most important radical Muslim thinkers alive today. While al-Maqdisi may not be a household name in the West, his influence amongst like-minded Muslims stretches across the world from Jordan - where he lives today - to Southeast Asia. His writings and teachings on Salafi Islam have inspired terrorists from Europe to the Middle East, including Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, the former leader of al-Qa'ida in Iraq, and Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden's successor as the head of al-Qa'ida Central. This groundbreaking book, which is the first comprehensive assessment of al-Maqdisi, his life, ideology, and influence, is based on his extensive writings and those of other jihadis, as well as on interviews that the author conducted with former jihadis, including al-Maqdisi himself. It is a serious and intense work of scholarship that uses this considerable archive to explain and interpret al-Maqdisi's particular brand of Salafism. More broadly, the book offers an alternative, insider perspective on the rise of radical Islam, with a particular focus on Salafi opposition movements in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. |
Contents
The Development ofRadical Islam | 10 |
Theoretical Framework Methodology and Sources | 20 |
r Wavering between Quietism and Jihadism | 29 |
AlMaqdisis Quietist JihadiSalafi Aqida | 55 |
AlMaqdisis Quietist JihadiSalafi Manhaj | 75 |
ALMAQDISIS INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT | 145 |
Reframing alIstiana bilKuffar | 153 |
Explaining alMaqdisis Frame Resonance | 160 |
Guidance t0 the Seekers | 191 |
A Visionary in the Land of the Blind | 208 |
The Prison Experience and Beyond | 214 |
Framing ordanian Opponents | 222 |
A New Generation ofQuietistflhadiSalafis? | 231 |
Conclusion | 237 |
Bibliography | 251 |
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