Demystifying the Caliphate: Historical Memory and Contemporary Contexts

by Madawi AlRasheed  , Marat Shterin, Carool Kersten, et al.

Book Overview

In Western popular imagination, the Caliphate often conjures up an array of negative images, while rallies organised in support of resurrecting the Caliphate are treated with a mixture of apprehension and disdain, as if they were the first steps towards usurping democracy. Yet these images and perceptions have little to do with reality. While some Muslims may be nostalgic for the Caliphate, only very few today seek to make that dream come true. Yet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199327955
• ISBN13: 9780199327959
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"