Political Islam, world politics and Europe : peace and Euro-Islam versus global jihad / Bassam Tibi.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-287) and index.

Introduction: The Impact of the Politicization of Islam on World Politics as a Context for Europe and Islam Part One: The Conflict within Islamic Civilization between Jihadism and Democracy. Its Pertinence to World Politics and to the Islam-Diaspora in Europe: Obstacles and Solutions 1. From Classical Jihad to Global Jihadism in an Invention of Tradition for Mapping the World into Dar al-Islam 2. Polity and Rule: The Islamic Quest for Civil Society and for Democracy against Hakimiyyat Allah as the Islamic System of Totalitarian Government Part Two: Political Islam Enters World Politics: Global Jihadism as an Islamist Internationalism in its Sunni and Shi’ite Varieties as a Challenge to Safe Democracy and International Security 3. The World-Political Sunni-Fallacy: Jihadist Internationalism as a Cosmic War of Irregulars for Remaking the World 4. The Shi’i Option: Internationalism for an Export of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. A Failed Effort! Part Three: Europe as a Battlefield for the Competing Options: Islamization versus Europeanization Resulting in Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam? 5. Political Islam and Europe in the Twenty-First Century: The Return of History as the Return of Civilizations into World Affairs 6. The European Diaspora of Muslim Migrants and the Idea of Europe: Could They Become Europeans by Choice? Euro-Islam, Legal Citizenship and Citizens of Heart 7. Political Islam and Democracy’s Decline to a Voting Procedure. The Political Culture of Democracy is the Solution for Islamic Civilization Notes Bibliography.