ISLAMIC RESISTANCE TO IMPERIALISM

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The imperial strategy of manipulating Muslims to promote imperial ends is at least two centuries old. Emerging most notably in the British use of Arabs to fracture the Ottoman Empire, it led to the creation of ‘Islamic states’ (Saudi Arabia and Pakistan) allied with the West; ongoing cooperation between western security forces and Islamists opposed to the atheism of socialist regimes; and the financing and training of jihadists.

The author in Tahrir Square, 2011

“Walberg’s book is a thorough education on the inner workings of Islam throughout history, especially in relation to its reaction against Western imperialism and interventionism in the Middle East. On a note of hope, he offers a detailed analysis of how Islam can regain the Ummah (nation, community) and in the final chapter examines the Caliphate which is that form of government where the nation’s leader is ‘considered a political and religious successor to the prophet Muhammad’. Walberg’s book is essential reading for anyone who wants to go beyond the mainstream pablum of Western propaganda in order to better understand Islamic history, politics, and the future of the Middle East.”

Richard Wilcox, Rense.com

 

 

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Eric Walberg’s third book on geopolitical strategy focuses on the Middle East and the global ramifications of the multiple state destruction resulting from Western aggression.  It addresses these questions:

  • What is left of the historic Middle East upheavals of 1979 (Afghanistan, Iran) and 2011 (the Arab Spring)?
  • How does 9/11 fit into the equation of Islamic resistance?
  • Is al-Qaeda’s long term project still on track?
  • What are the chances that ISIS can prevail in Iraq and Syria? Are they and likeminded jihadists dupes of imperialism or legitimate resistance movements?

The imperial strategy of manipulating Muslims to promote imperial ends is at least two centuries old. Emerging most notably in the British use of Arabs to fracture the Ottoman Empire, it led to the creation of ‘Islamic states’ (Saudi Arabia and Pakistan) allied with the West; ongoing cooperation between western security forces and Islamists opposed to the atheism of socialist regimes; and the financing and training of jihadists.

But the largely nonviolent 1979 Iranian revolution, inspired by antipathy towards the neocolonial regime and a deep religious faith, was carried out in the name of Islam and had echoes in the Sunni world. That same year, it prompted Saudi rebels to occupy the Kaaba in a desperate attempt to spark revolution, Syrian Islamists to rise against their secular dictator Hafez al-Assad in 1980, and future al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri to conspire to assassinate Egyptian president Sadat in 1981.

   

[Iranian women; Tahir square February 11, 2011, Protests at Al-Sisi crackdown, post coup against democratic Morsi government]

But these uprisings were crushed, and the Sunni world remained mired in its neocolonial purgatory, defeated by empire’s machinations and falling prey to Saudi instigations against Shia anti-imperialists.

Sunni jihadists’ refusal to see through and foil the empire’s strategies to co-opt their efforts doomed al-Qaeda and the Taliban’s battle with the empire from the start, and dooms the project to resist empire in post-war Afghanistan and Iraq today.

Part I addresses the colonial legacy, the meaning of jihad, and the parallel movements among Sunni and Shia to confront imperialism

Part II considers the main figures among the ˜neo-Wahhabi” movement: Azzam, Bin Laden, and Zawahiri. The justification of indiscriminate violence is questioned, as is their legacy. It then turns to the movements to re-establish the Caliphate, the Color Revolutions and the Arab Spring, and the experience of key Muslim-majority countries in the past two decades (Turkey, Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran).

It then sums up the state of the ummah in the 21st century and prospects for future Islamic resistance to imperialism.

Some of the themes it addresses include:

  • The Islamic deen, constraining the power of money and denying the centrality of economics, asserting Allah as all powerful and the Quran as the guide to social values based on justice, equity and respect, whether as the guiding force of resistance or of ultimate social and spiritual reward.
  • Islam’s uniqueness (its stubborn anti-imperialism, its resilience in the face of color revolutions and attempts to recruit spies)
  • The Muslim Brotherhoods’, Hamas’, and Hizbullah’s program for reuniting Muslims
  • An assessment of Egyptian and Iranian experience in implementing an Islamic agenda
  • Different approaches to renewing the Caliphate
  • Western/European anarchist terrorism as an influence on al-Qaeda, compared to the effort by ISIS to capture, hold and govern territory
  • Recognition of Western/Zionist interference in the region and their efforts to use, abuse and misrepresent Islamic movements.  
  • The need for reconciliation of Muslims, Christians and Jews based on morality and ethics implicit in their religions, and the need for all anti-imperialists to work together.

 

Book Details

ISBN

978-0-9860731-8-2

EBOOK ISBN

978-0-9860769-8-5

Page Count

299

Year of Publication

2015

Author

Eric Walberg

Reviews

2 reviews for ISLAMIC RESISTANCE TO IMPERIALISM

  1. PROFESSOR MAHBOOB A. KHAWAJA, PhD.

    “A brilliant contemporary analysis of the complex issues often deliberately ignored by the corporate-run mainstream news media. Walberg’s assessment is meaningful to articulate a new approach to the problems for which the Muslim Ummah (people) should have proactive vision to facilitate change and adaptability to the future.”
    PROFESSOR MAHBOOB A. KHAWAJA, PhD.
    Author, Global Peace and Conflict Management: Man and Humanity in Search of New Thinking

  2. RICHARD WILCOX, Rense.com

    Walberg’s book is a thorough education on the inner workings of Islam throughout history, especially in relation to its reaction against Western imperialism and interventionism in the Middle East. On a note of hope, he offers a detailed analysis of how Islam can regain the Ummah (nation, community) and in the final chapter examines the Caliphate which is that form of government where the nation’s leader is “considered a political and religious successor to the prophet Muhammad” (7). Walberg’s book is essential reading for anyone who wants to go beyond the mainstream pablum of Western propaganda in order to better understand Islamic history, politics, and the future of the Middle East.
    RICHARD WILCOX, Rense.com

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