When Jihadis Win Power
Owen Bennett-Jones, 4 December 2014
The Inevitable Caliphate? A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present
by Reza Pankhurst.
Hurst, 280 pp., £18.99, June 2013,978 1 84904 251 2 Show More
by Reza Pankhurst.
Hurst, 280 pp., £18.99, June 2013,
“... just keep on coming. To many in the West, the arrival of the caliphate came as a shock. But, as Reza Pankhurst describes, there is a long tradition in Islamic thought that views the Islamic State as an ideal, final fusion of religion and politics that will restore Muslim prestige. Ever since the Ottoman caliphate was dismantled in 1924 a continuous ... ”
