Religious & Theocratic Ideologies

Until now, there has been no direct and extensive engagement with the category of religion from liberal political philosophy. Over the last thirty ...

Although regarded as a single community of Islamists, Islamic political movements utilise vastly different means to pursue their goals. This book e...

*Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2017* In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government o...

No topic has captured the public imagination of late quite so dramatically as the spectre of global jihadism. While much has been said about the wa...

Islamophobia is a term that has existed since the nineteenth century. But in recent decades, argues Pascal Bruckner in his controversial new book, ...

'A groundbreaking study ... a masterclass in how to do intellectual history, and one that nobody with an interest in radical Islam should miss' T...

Raising awareness of what Islam is, as well as deepening understanding about the lived realities of Muslim people, this book explores the contempor...

For the last century, the Western world has regarded Turkey as a pivotal case of the 'clash of civilisations' between Islam and the West. Why Turke...

A timely defense of religious diversity and its centrality to American identityAmerica is the most religiously devout country in the Western world ...

When Pakistan was founded in 1947, it had a rich tapestry of different religious groups, ranging from Sunni and Shiite Muslims to Christians, Parsi...

Killing Gods Enemies relates the origin, history and activities of the church of Christian Identity and its violent outgrowth called the Phineas Pr...

Are violent jihadis an enduring feature of modern international affairs, or do they hold in their own doctrines the seeds of self-destruction? Hist...

This book offers a framework for understanding the interaction between the academic disciplines 'observing' contemporary political Islam and the in...

In June 2014 Islamic State launched an astonishing blitzkrieg which saw them seize control of an area in the Middle East the size of Britain. The n...

Born and raised in Essex, Maajid Nawaz was recruited into politicised Islam as a teenager. Abandoning his love of hip hop music, graffiti and girls...

This polemic against Islamic extremism highlights the striking parallels between contemporary Islamism and the 20th-century fascism embodied by Hit...

The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS a...

Karima Bennoune interviewed journalists, doctors, musicians, museum curators, lawyers, street vendors and womens rights activists, among others, in...

Framed by Hénins personal experience as a hostage of ISIS alongside James Foley, Jihad Academy debunks the myths surrounding Islamic extremism and ...

Although Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan-Islamic political party, regularly holds conferences from Jakarta to Ramallah attended by tens of tho...