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INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION THE EMPEROR’S NEW FRONTIER: ONLY IF CIVILITY HAS NO BORDER WOULD TERRORISM VANISH
KARIM’S SOLUTION FOR DEFEATING TERRORISM: SALADIN’S STRATEGY
THE RISE OF JADAL AS THE BEST JIHAD
CONCLUSION: WESTERN MEDIA INCAPACITY TO REPORT ON THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION IN THE ARAB WORLD
INTRODUCTION THE GULF WAR: FEAR AND ITS BOUNDARIES
PART I A MUTILATED MODERNITY
1 FEAR OF THE FOREIGN WEST
CONFRONTING FEAR
THE CALIPH COMES FACE TO FACE WITH HIMSELF
2 FEAR OF THE IMAM
THE MEDIA IMAM AND THE TRADITIONAL IMAM
THE REBEL TRADITION: THE KHARIJITES
AL-MA'MUN AND THE SUFI: WHO GAVE YOU THIS THRONE?
THE RATIONALIST TRADITION: THE MUcTAZILA AND RA'Y
3 FEAR OF DEMOCRACY
ABSENCE OF STATE SUPPORT AND THE REFORMERS’ AMBIVALENT ATTITUDE
THE AMBIGUITY OF FEAR: THE EMIR AND HIS CHAUFFEUR
IS DEMOCRACY MORE FOREIGN THAN THE AUTOMOBILE OR THE TELEPHONE?
THE GREAT MALAISE: cAZMA (CRISIS) AND DAYAc (WASTE)
MINA DOESN’T UNDERSTAND UNIONS, BUT SHE UNDERSTANDS INJUSTICE
4 THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
HAGUZA, THE MONSTER OUT OF THE NORTH
THE WELL-GUARDED SECRET OF SAN FRANCISCO
THE MASQUERADE OF RESERVATIONS
TV ISLAM
“IMAMIZATION” OF THE PRESIDENCY: RA???IS AL-JUMHURIYYA
5 THE KORAN
A KORANIC EDUCATION
UNEQUAL ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
PART II: SACRED CONCEPTS AND PROFANE ANXIETIES
6 FEAR OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
SHIRK: FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND VIOLENCE
RAHMA: TENDERNESS IN THE HOMOGENEOUS CITY
HAWA (DESIRE) SACRIFICED
THE IMAGINATION: SEAT OF ALL THE PERVERSIONS
THE HORSE IS SMARTER THAN THE RIDER
THE BAN ON IMAGES
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IN ISLAM: THE QURAYSH PACT
7 FEAR OF INDIVIDUALISM
THE TAGHIYA: MOSES’ PHARAOH
FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE GODS AFTER MUHAMMAD
THE UMMA OF EQUALS
8 FEAR OF THE PAST
THE CITIES OF THE GODDESSES
A L - c U Z Z A: THE BLOODTHIRSTY GODDESS
WAS AL-WA’D (BURIAL OF BABY GIRLS) HUMAN SACRIFICE?
THE ARAB VENUS: KAWKABTA
THE ZERO TIME: DEADLY FEMININITY
9 FEAR OF THE PRESENT
TARIKH: CALENDAR AND HISTORY
CREATION OF THE MUSLIM CALENDAR
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME
NONUNIVERSAL MODERNITY: ARMSTRONG’S FLAG
10 WOMEN’S SONG: DESTINATION FREEDOM
THEY HAVE ALREADY LEFT, AND THE IMAMS ARE WORRIED
THE CALIPHATE AND WOMEN: CRISIS AND VIOLENCE
A FORCE FOR RADICAL CHALLENGE
THE EFFECT OF THE GULF WAR ON WOMEN: UNEMPLOYMENT, OIL, AND THE HIJAB
SCENARIO 1
SCENARIO 2
CONCLUSION THE SIMORGH IS US!
NOTES
INTRODUCTION: THE GULF WAR: FEAR AND ITS BOUNDARIES
CHAPTER 1: FEAR OF THE FOREIGN WEST
CHAPTER 2: FEAR OF THE IMAM
CHAPTER 3: FEAR OF DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER 4: THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
CHAPTER 5: THE KORAN
CHAPTER 6: FEAR OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
CHAPTER 7: FEAR OF INDIVIDUALISM
CHAPTER 8: FEAR OF THE PAST
CHAPTER 9: FEAR OF THE PRESENT
CHAPTER 10: WOMEN’S SONG: DESTINATION FREEDOM
CONCLUSION THE SIMORGH IS US!
NOTES FOR THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION
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