1. Explanatory Approaches to Jihadism
The Role of Social Networks and Group Dynamics
Economic Issues and Jihadist Movements
The Renewal of Jihadist Thought
3. Jihadism: A Culture of Violence Turned into a Culture of Death
Modern Forefathers of Jihadism
The Centrality of Death in Jihadism
Violence in the Jihadist Narrative
The Jihadist View of History: The West's Permanent Fight against Islam
Cultural and Political Domination by the West
The West as the Perverse Culture of Humankind's Fight against Allah
4. The Jihadist View of Democracy
The Negative Context of Democracy in the Muslim World
Democracy as the New False Western Religion Imported into the Land of Islam
5. Fundamentalism in Islam
Three Branches of Fundamentalism
Islamic Fundamentalism and Hermeneutics
Modernization and the Muslim World
The Jihadist Critique of the Fundamentalist Ulama
Shi'ite Hyper-Fundamentalists and Their Rejection of Democracy
The Weakness of Secular Tendencies in Islam
Fundamentalism and New Social Groups
6. The Transmission of Jihad to the West
The Social Origins of Jihadists in the West
Jihadist Neo-Umma or the Politics of Victimization
The Views of Muslim Prisoners in Europe
Jihadist Born-Again Muslims and Converts
Types of Jihadist Individuals
The Evolution of Global Al Qaeda in the West
Jihadists' Negative Attitude toward Recent Muslim Migrations to the West
7. Jihadist Intelligentsia around the World
The Islamic Revolutionary Vanguard
The Icons, the Popularizers, and the Local Charismatic Imams
The Postmodern Jihadist Popularizer: The Case of Lewis Atiyat-Ollah
New Warfare through Global Media: The Prominence of the Symbolic Dimension
Conclusion: Toward an Islam of Hope
Perverse Modernization and the Foundations of Renewal
The Success and Failure of Jihadism
