Palestinian Islamic Jihad by Erik Skare

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Palestinian-Islamic-Jihad:-Islamist-Writings-on-Resistance-and-Religion-by-Erik-Skare:Founded-in-1981,-Palestinian-Islamic-Jihad-(PIJ)-is-one-of-the-most-important-yet-least-understood-Palestinian-armed-factions,both-in-terms-of-its-history-and-ideology.-Yet-no-in-depth-translation-of-its-ideological-corpus-exists.This-book-is-the-first-to-provide-a-comprehensive-account-of-the-ideology-of-PIJ-in-the-movement’s-own-words.Based-on-the-author’s-extensive-fieldwork-and-archival-research-in-the-occupied-Palestinian-territories-and-Lebanon,the-book-comprises-the-PIJ’s-written-texts-produced-since-1979,-translated-here-into-English-for-the-first-time.In-addition-to-the-primary-texts,-the-book-includes-expert-commentary-from-the-author-for-each-source-to-help-explain-the-context-and-the-broader-significance-of-the-documents.The-key-contention-of-the-book-is-that-although-PIJ-employs-Islamic-signifiers-and-symbolism,its-ideology-is-strikingly-similar-to-the-anti-colonialism-of-the-PLO-in-the-1960s,and-in-stark-contrast-to-Hamas.-A-comprehensive-resource-on-the-PIJ,-it·-PIJ-beliefs-about-the-Palestinian-problem·-what-type-of-Islamism-the-PIJ-espouses·-how-the-PIJ-regards-Shiites-and-Iran·-how-it-can-be-understood-as-an-Islamist-organization·-what-it-envisions-for-Palestinian-society-in-the-futureThis-is-the-only-sourcebook-available-on-the-PIJ.