March 1, 2002
The Meaning of 'Jihad' and the Instability of a Once-Powerful Region
Ahmed Rashid's Taliban (Yale University Press, 2000) was an international best seller, translated into more than 20 languages. In his new book, Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia (Yale), the Pakistani journalist warns that convulsive conditions in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan could have ominous implications for the world. A combination of repression, corruption, and brutal poverty in the region have fertilized the soil for Islamic
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