The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism

Antoine Sfeir

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Paper, 400 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14641-8
$30.00 / £20.50

October, 2007
Cloth, 400 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14640-1
$90.00 / £62.00

"[The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism] not only documents people, organizations, and their links throughout the world, country by country, but also answers questions surrounding September 11, 2001. . . . The picture drawn of Islamism is precise and comprehensively based in geopolitics." — L'Humanité

"An essential resource for anyone interested in this extremely relevant issue." — La Tribune

"An antidote to confusion . . . Antoine Sfeir emphasizes that 15 million Arabs are not all Muslims, that all Muslims are not Islamists, and that every Islamist is not a terrorist." — Le Figaro

"This colossal project . . . attempts for the first time to gather together all the people, places, and religious terms connected with the emergence of Islamism, fully linked to the latest developments, with the objective of explaining current events." — Le Temps

"The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism holds the potential of educating Western readers as to the complexities of the present state of affairs." — Booklist

"This fascinating and timely book manages to tackle a tricky subject that other resources fail to frame . . . Highly recommended." — Library Journal

"Well-written, succinct, and tightly focused . . . an excellent dictionary." — Muhammed Hassanali, American Reference Books Annual

"There is no reference work quite like this one, with material that covers Ibn Taymiyyah to Osama bin Laden . . . Recommended." — CHOICE

Related Subjects

• Islam

About the Author

Antoine Sfeir is the editor in chief of Les Cahiers de l'Orient, a review of studies and reflections on the Arab and Islamic world. He is the president of CERPO, the Center for Studies and Research on the Middle East, and the author of several books, including The Networks of Allah: The Islamic Channels in France and in Europe.

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