TY  - BOOK
AU  - Li,Darryl
TI  - The universal enemy: jihad, empire, and the challenge of solidarity 
T2  - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
SN  - 9781503610880
AV  - BP65.B54 L5 2020eb
U1  - 320.55/7 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Jihad
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Bosnia and Herzegovina
KW  - Panislamism
KW  - Solidarity
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Muslim soldiers
KW  - Yugoslav War, 1991-1995
KW  - Participation, Muslim
KW  - Participation, Foreign
KW  - Jihād
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - Bosnie-Herzégovine
KW  - Panislamisme
KW  - Militaires musulmans
KW  - Guerre dans l'ex-Yougoslavie, 1991-1995
KW  - Participation étrangère
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Military participation
KW  - Foreign
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Terms of engagement -- Dramatis personae -- Introduction -- PART I. JIHAD.  1. Migrations -- 2. Locations -- 3. Authorities -- 4. Groundings -- INTERLUDE.  Exchanging Arabs -- PART II. OTHER UNIVERSALISMS.  5. Non-alignment -- 6. Peacekeeping -- 7. The global war on terror -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - "No contemporary figure is more demonized than the Islamist foreign fighter who wages jihad around the world. Spreading violence, disregarding national borders, and rejecting secular norms, so-called jihadists seem opposed to universalism itself. In a radical departure from conventional wisdom on the topic, The Universal Enemy argues that transnational jihadists are engaged in their own form of universalism: these fighters struggle to realize an Islamist vision directed at all of humanity, transcending racial and cultural difference. Anthropologist and attorney Darryl Li reconceptualizes jihad as armed transnational solidarity under conditions of American empire, revisiting a pivotal moment after the Cold War when ethnic cleansing in the Balkans dominated global headlines. Muslim volunteers came from distant lands to fight in Bosnia-Herzegovina alongside their co-religionists, offering themselves as an alternative to the US-led international community. Li highlights the parallels and overlaps between transnational jihads and other universalisms such as the War on Terror, United Nations peacekeeping, and socialist Non-Alignment. Developed from more than a decade of research with former fighters in a half-dozen countries, The Universal Enemy explores the relationship between jihad and American empire to shed critical light on both."--
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