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Lädt ... God has Ninety-nine Names (1996)von Judith Miller
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Judith Millerwas a New York Times reporter covering the Middle East for several years. This book chronicles her visit to that region in the mid-1990s. A the book's name implies, Miller found that the Islamist movements in the countries cover are extremely varied. Miller does a good job describing the situation in each country, as of the mid-90s, from a fairly stable Jordan to the ever odd Gaddafi of Libya. The downside of the book is the fact that it is somewhat dated, although it provides a good foundation for that part of the world. Zeige 4 von 4
Fair-minded to her fingertips, Ms. Miller offers sensible thoughts and afterthoughts on a part of the world Americans find intermittently fascinating, sometimes scary, but invariably baffling. Ms. Miller is at her best when she is reporting, pitting points of view against one another and describing Middle Easterners as they agonize over their own futures. She gives concise summaries of Islamic movements and the views of leading Islamic thinkers. Her profiles of Middle Eastern leaders, whether Colonel Qadaffi or King Hussein, are deftly and sharply sketched. When it comes to prognostications for the future or policy proposals, however, she appears as uncertain as the rest of us. In her concluding chapter, when you expect her to wrap it all up, to move in, as it were, for the kill, she appears less sure-footed.
A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN TODAY'S MIDDLE EAST God Has Ninety-Nine Names is a gripping, authoritative account of the epic battle between modernity and militant Islam that is is reshaping the Middle East. Judith Miller, a reporter who has covered the Middle east for twenty years, takes us inside the militant Islamic movements in ten countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Isreal and Iran. She shows that just as there is no unified Arab world, so there is no single Islam: The movements are as different as the countries in which they are rooted. Vivid and comprehensive, Miller's first-and report reveals the meaning of the tumultuous events that will continue to affect the prospects for Arab-Isreali peace and the potential for terrorism worlwide. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Miller presents an awful lot of information but organizes it well enough and provides a narrative thread - it is almost all a record of her experiences and interviews as a New York Times reporter in the region. - that the reader never gets lost.
The remarkable thing really that one wouldn't predict from the book - the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, that flows quite naturally out of the book. But look at how Europe and the USA have gotten ever deeper into ultra right wing racism etc. We are really following in the footsteps of militant Islam. And probably for pretty much the same reasons - people are desperate and confused. Cultivating hate is an easy way to rally such people and build power on them as a base. The problem of the Middle East is now the problem of the West. Ouch. ( )