ISBN:
9780815705604
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (287 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.48/27301767
Keywords:
Anti-Americanism
;
Anti-Americanism - Islamic countries
;
Anti-Americanism - Islamic countries
;
Electronic books
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United States Relations
;
Islamic countries Relations
Abstract:
Though it has been nearly a decade since the attacks of September 11, the threat of terrorism emanating from the Muslim world has not subsided. U.S. troops fight against radical Islamists overseas, and on a daily basis, Americans pass through body scanners as part of the effort to defend against another attack. Naturally, many Americans wonder what is occurring in Muslim society that breeds such hostility toward the United States. Steven Kull, a political psychologist and acknowledged authority on international public opinion, has sought to understand more deeply how Muslims see America. How widespread is hostility toward the United States in the Muslim world? And what are its roots? How much support is there for radical groups that attack Americans, and why? Kull conducted focus groups with representative samples in Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan, Jordan, Iran, and Indonesia; conducted numerous in-depth surveys in eleven majority-Muslim nations over a period of several years; and comprehensively analyzed data from other organizations such as Gallup, World Values Survey and the Arab Barometer. He writes: "A premise of this book is that the problem of terrorism does not simply lie in the small number of people who join terrorist organizations. Rather, the existence of terrorist organizations is a symptom of a tension in the larger society that finds a particularly virulent expression in certain individuals. The hostility toward the United States in the broader society plays a critical role in sustaining terrorist groups, even if most disapprove of those groups' tactics. The essential 'problem,' then, is one of America's relationship with the society as a whole." Through quotes from focus groups as well as survey data, Kull digs below the surface of Muslim anger at America to reveal the underlying narrative of America as oppressing and at a deeper
Abstract:
Front Cover -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: America, Radical Islamist Groups, and the Muslim People -- The Scope of Muslim Anger and Support for Violent Anti-American Groups -- The Narrative of Oppression and Betrayal and the Inner Clash of Civilizations -- The United States as Coercively Dominating the Muslim World -- The United States as Hostile to Islam -- U.S. Support for Israel -- The United States as Undermining Democracy -- Views of Al Qaeda and Other Radical Islamists -- What Do Muslims Want? -- What the United States Can Do -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : America, radical Islamist groups, and the Muslim peopleThe scope of Muslim anger and support for violent anti-American groups -- The narrative of oppression and betrayal and the inner clash of civilizations -- The United States as coercively dominating the muslim world -- The United States as hostile to Islam -- U.S. support for Israel -- The United States as undermining democracy -- Views of Al Qaeda and other radical Islamists -- What do Muslims want? -- What the United States can do.
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