Founded in 1981, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is one of the most important yet least understood Palestinian armed factions, both in terms of its history and ideology. Yet no in-depth translation of its ideological corpus exists. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive account of the ideology of PIJ in the movement’s own words. Based on the author’s extensive fieldwork and archival research in the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon, the book comprises the PIJ’s written texts produced since 1979, translated here into English for the first time.
In addition to the primary texts, the book includes expert commentary from the author for each source to help explain the context and the broader significance of the documents. The key contention of the book is that although PIJ employs Islamic signifiers and symbolism, its ideology is strikingly similar to the anti-colonialism of the PLO in the 1960s, and in stark contrast to Hamas. A comprehensive resource on the PIJ, it covers:
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PIJ beliefs about the Palestinian problem ·
what type of Islamism the PIJ espouses ·
how the PIJ regards Shiites and Iran ·
how it can be understood as an Islamist organization ·
what it envisions for Palestinian society in the future
This is the only sourcebook available on the PIJ.
By:
Erik Skare (University of Oslo Norway)
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780755635962
ISBN 10: 0755635965
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 26 January 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
INTRODUCTION PART I: FACTS AND STANCES 1. WHAT IS PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD? 2. EXCERPTS FROM FACTS AND STANCES 3. POLITICAL DOCUMENT OF PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD 4. ISLAMIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS PART II: PIJ, COLONIALISM, AND THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE 5. WHY HISTORY? 6. THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE IS THE CENTRAL CAUSE OF THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT… WHY? 7. EXCERPTS FROM “AFGHANISTAN: THE ROOTS OF THE CONFLICT … THE REVOLUTION … THE FUTURE … IS IT A NEW RESURGENCE OF THE CRUSADERS?” 8. THE CENTRALITY OF PALESTINE AND THE CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC PROJECT 9. PALESTINE IS ON COLLISION COURSE WITH THE WESTERN COLONIAL PROJECT PART III: IRAN AND THE SHIITES 10. EXCERPTS FROM KHOMEINI: THE ISLAMIC SOLUTION AND ALTERNATIVE 11. THE SUNNI AND THE SHIITE: A FABRICATED AND REGRETTABLE PANDEMONIUM 12. EXCERPTS FROM FACTS AND STANCES PART IV: STATE, VIOLENCE, AND CIVIL SOCIETY 13. RESTRUCTURING THE PLO: THE VIEW OF PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD 14. PRINCIPAL NOTES ON THE ISSUE OF A PALESTINIAN STATE 15. FUNDAMENTALISM AND SECULARISM 16. EXCERPTS FROM “THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE” 17. CREEDAL AND INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE “CULTURE OF RESISTANCE” 18. THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARTYRDOM 19. EXCERPT FROM THE JIHADIST MARCH OF PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD 20. ANWAR ABU AHA ON THE ARAB SPRING AND PIJ’S POSITION
Erik Skare is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for International Studies, Sciences Po, Paris, France. He is the author of Digital Jihad: Palestinian Resistance in the Digital Era (Zed Books, 2016) and he specializes in the study of violent and non-violent Palestinian resistance. Skare has conducted extensive fieldwork in Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories since 2014.
Reviews for Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Islamist Writings on Resistance and Religion
Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Islamist Writings on Resistance and Religion is the first academic resource to provide a comprehensive accounting of the ideology of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad ... an invaluable contribution to college library collections, highly recommended. * Midwest Book Review * Skare's book is useful to readers from many disciplines. It serves as a great example of the way terrorist groups interpret political processes, how they interpret history and how they judge history through the lens of religion and messianic processes. For readers interested in the self-justification of violence and the rationalization behind targeting civilians, this book provides a firsthand glimpse into that psychological process. * Edge Blog by American Military University *
