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Author Alam, M. Shahid (Mohammad Shahid), 1950-

Title The new orientalism : dissenting essays on the "War against Islam" / M. Shahid Alam.

Publication Info. North Haledon, NJ : Islamic Publications International, 2006.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  327.73017 A318N    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description pages cm
Note Includes index.
Previously published as Is there an Islamic problem? (Kuala Lumpur : The Other Press, 2004.)
Contents Contents -- Preface -- Section 1. The new orientalism -- Bernard Lewis: scholarship or sophistry? -- A clash of civilizations? Nonsense -- The war against global terrorism -- Is there an Islamic problem? -- How different are Islamicate societies? -- Islam: an interview -- Section 2. Palestine and Israel -- A colonizing project built on lies -- Academic boycott of Israel -- Crossing the line -- Israel's proxy war -- Illuminating Thomas Friedman -- Lerner, Said and the Palestinians -- Elie Wiesel: on being good victims -- Recognizing Israel: or selling out -- Another wall -- Voiding the Palestinians: an allegory -- Section 3. War against global terrorism -- A history of September 11 -- A day that changed America? -- Why 9-11 and why now? -- Dialectics of terror -- Race and visibility -- Iraq is free -- Semantics of empire -- America imagine this -- The Islamic resistance -- Testing free speech in America -- Real men go to Tehran -- The Muslims America loves -- Author index -- Subject index.
Subject Islamic countries -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Islamic countries.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Causes.
Terrorism -- United States.
Terrorism -- Israel.
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