• ISBN13: 9788126938742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: December 31, 2024
• Pages: 206
• Original Price: INR 895.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 370 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): N/A

Somewhere, a bomb explodes. Lives are lost, and faith is questioned.

Some call it terrorism; some call it a struggle for freedom, and again, faith is questioned.

WHAT IS TERRORISM?

Does it stem from religion, community or politics?

How does one differentiate between an act of terror and a struggle for freedom?

This book attempts to answer these questions by investigating the global politics played in the name of God, Faith and Religion.

Ram Puniyani, through his long struggle against terrorism and sectarian violence, has come up with a strong argument to show that terrorism is a political phenomenon, either aiming to control the oil-rich areas or pushing an agenda of sectarian nationalism. He analyzes the underlying issues threadbare and throws in a lot of uncomfortable questions while deconstructing the ideological modus operandi of religion and violence.

Deconstructing Terrorist Violence is for those who do not want their faith to be used as a mask!

Ram Puniyani is currently the President of the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai, and a recipient of the National Communal Harmony Award 2007.

• Contents
• Preface: A World Gripped by Terror: Is Terrorism Due to Religion? v
• Introduction: The Politics of Terror in Contemporary Times ix

• PART I. Terrorism Today: The Global Scene

• 1. A World Gripped by Terror 3
• 2. Changing Goals of Colonialism–Imperialism:
• From ‘White Man’s Burden’ to ‘War Against Terror’ 18
• 3. Islam: Through the Ages 65

• Part II. Terrorism Today: The View from India

• 4. Hindutva Terrorism 85
• 5. From Hindu, Hinduism, to Hindutva 102

• Part III. India: A Victim of Global Terror

• 6. Al Qaeda Strikes: The Mumbai Terror Attack 117

• Part IV. Religion, Politics, and Terrorism

• 7. Civilizations–Religions: Clash or Alliance 127
• 8. Religion, Power, and Violence 135
• Appendices 145
• Bibliography 171
• Index 175
• About the Author 181