A Genealogy of Evil: Anti-Semitism from Nazism to Islamic Jihad

ISBN-13: 9780521197472 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 296 str.

David Patterson

Opis

Based on extensive scrutiny of primary sources from Nazi and Jihadist ideologues, David Patterson argues that Jihadist antisemitism stems from Nazi ideology. This book challenges the idea that Jihadist antisemitism has medieval roots, identifying its distinctively modern characteristics and tracing interconnections that link the Nazis to the Muslim Brotherhood to the PLO, Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, the Sudan, the Iranian Islamic Republic, and other groups with an antisemitic worldview. Based on his close reading of numerous Jihadist texts, Patterson critiques their antisemitic teachings and affirms the importance of Jewish teaching, concluding that humanity needs the very Jewish teaching and testimony that the Jihadists advocate destroying.

Recenzje

'Patterson's extensive inquiry into the origins and spread of Islamic jihad ought to be wide[ly] read … [He] ought to be congratulated for his thorough research and well-written narrative.' The Jerusalem Post

Spis treści

Introduction: the essence of the Jihadist evil; 1. Nazi ideology and Jihadist echoes; 2. Modern Jihadist ideological foundations; 3. The Nazi seed in Islamic soil; 4. The evil spreads: the Muslim Brotherhood; 5. Jihadist brothers: the Sudanese National Islamic Front, Islamic Jihad, and Hamas; 6. 'Religious' offshoots: the Islamic revolution, Hezbollah, and Al-Qaeda; 7. 'Secular' offshoots: the Baath Party and the PLO; 8. Concluding thoughts: humanity's need for Israel.