Islamic Imperialism: A History
by Efraim Karsh
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Author: Efraim KarshEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-16
ISBN: 0300122632
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Book Review: AN HISTORICAL APPRAISAL OF CURRENT MUSLIM UNREST
Summary: 4 Stars
ISLAMIC IMPERIALISM
The book's author, a professor at King's College in London, analyzes Muslim history in an effort to consider the facts behind the common Islamist narrative of Muslim victim hood at the hands of Western Imperialism. He essentially asks: "What does history say about the matter?"
Were third world countries, including those inhabited by Muslim peoples, dominated and exploited by Western powers? Yes. "However," Karsh asks: "is this Imperialist Impulse a purely Western phenomenon?" Nay indeed. In a striking bit of irony, Karsh proposes that one of the world's greatest imperialist empires was carved out in the name of Islam. In that case, those who proclaim themselves the present victims, hail from a history of that very same imperialism they currently decry. What is more, Karsh says, Christian, or Western Imperialism is largely a phenomenon of the past, whereas - in the case of Salafist extremism at least - Muslim Imperialism, as in the spreading of ones culture/beliefs by force ... is very much present and ongoing.
While some of Karsh's arguments give "Cause for Pause", on the whole he is well-reasoned and exampled from history. In any case, this book is certainly a thoughtful departure from the story of Muslim victimization so often painted by the mainstream media
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