Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection

Mariam Abou Zahab and Olivier Roy

"[Islamist Networks is] interested not in grand ideas but in the details of Al-Qaeda's recruitment and support networks … [using] biographies of individual terrorists and obscure Al-Qaeda-linked groups to explain the movement's evolving structure. By this path the authors challenge some poorly examined assumptions of familiar public debates." — Steve Coll, Washington Post Book World

"Tackling historical complexities and scholarly references to illuminate cultural and religious motivations, Mariam Abou Zahab and Olivier Roy create a blow-by-blow account of jihadist movements and their relationship with American and secular power." — Middle East Journal

"This work is a gold mine for insights into the little-understood world of Islamist ideologies." — Caleb M. Bartley, Comparative StrategyUniversity of Reading

"This excellent study will serve as a valuable reference book to those interested in radical Islamic Movements... Highly recommended." — Choice

Related Subjects

• Asian Studies
• Islam
• Middle East Studies

Series

• CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies

About the Author

Mariam Abou Zahab is a researcher affiliated with the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) and a lecturer at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), both in Paris. Olivier Roy is a world authority on Islam and politics. His books include Globalized Islam (Columbia University Press) and The Failure of Political Islam.

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