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How to Win a Cosmic War by Reza Aslan

A very persuasive argument for the best way to counter jihadism (The Washington Post) from the bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer

The wars in the Middle East have become religious wars in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other. The hijackers who attacked America on September 11, 2001, thought they were fighting in the name of God. According to award-winning writer and scholar of religions Reza Aslan, the United States, by infusing the War on Terror with its own religiously polarizing rhetoric, is fighting a similar war--a war that can't be won.

Beyond Fundamentalism is both an in-depth study of the ideology fueling militants throughout the Muslim world and an exploration of religious violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. At a time when religion and politics increasingly share the same vocabulary and function in the same sphere, Aslan writes that we must strip the conflicts of our world of their religious connotations and address the earthly grievances that always lie at its root.

How do you win a religious war? By refusing to fight in one.

Featuring new content and updated analysis - Originally published as How to Win a Cosmic War

A] thoughtful analysis of America's War on Terror. --The New Yorker

Offers a very persuasive argument for the best way to counter jihadism.--The Washington Post

Reza] Aslan dissects a complex subject (terrorism and globalization) and distills it with a mix of narrative writing, personal anecdotes, reportage and historical analysis.--San Francisco Chronicle

Aslan is not only a perspicuous, thoughtful interpreter of the Muslim world but also a subtle psychologist of the call to jihad.--Los Angeles Times

A] meaty analysis of the rise of Jihadism . . . dispels common misconceptions of the War on Terror age.--San Jose Mercury News

It is Aslan's great gift to see things clearly, and to say them clearly, and in this important new work he offers us a way forward. He is prescriptive and passionate, and his book will make you think.--Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion
Reza Aslan is an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions. His first book, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, has been translated into thirteen languages and named by Blackwell as one of the hundred most important books of the last decade. He is also the author of How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror (published in paperback as Beyond Fundamentalism), as well as the editor of Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East. Born in Iran, he lives in New York and Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
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ISBN 13 9781400066728
ISBN 10 1400066727
Title How to Win a Cosmic War
Author Reza Aslan
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Binding type Microfilm
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2009-04-21
Number of pages 228
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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