The Islamist Challenge and Africa [Hardcover]

The Islamist Challenge and Africa explores Islamist militancy in Africa south of the Sahara, perhaps the most dangerous region in the world today. It examines Islamist militancys longstanding presence among Africans, its distinct ideological features and ways to minimize if not eliminate its violence. It warns policy makers to abandon marginalizing Africa before it is too late.Samory Rashid is professor of political science at Indiana State University.

The book is as much a must-read for those interested in the complexities of African security challenges as it is for those curious or concerned about global terrorism and the notorious WOT. Particularly, its rich and in-depth historical analyses of the Islamist challenge is arguably unmatched, while its audacity to tackle this highly politicized yet timely and important subject is commendable. African Studies Quarterly

 The importance of 21st century Africa as ground for staging terror has been seriously under-estimated by the West, argues Samory Rashid. In this timely and provocative book, he argues that effective intervention demands a deeper appreciation of the interplay of politics, faith, and violence on this routinely marginalized continent. The Islamist Challenge and Africa is an excellent place to begin this task. -Jean and John Comaroff, Harvard University Jean Comaroff

Samory Rashid has provided, for the first time, a study of Islamist challenges, military, social and intellectual, across the African continent. He is weary of the preoccupation with ISIS in Syria and Iraq, which have dominated the attention on contemporary terrorism, alert to the neglect and condescension which scholars and policy makers have long shown to the African continent, and acutely aware of the large and fast-growing population of Africa and its Muslim societies. He explores the multiple challenges in Africa  a vast continent and potential theater of many threats and weaker states, complicated by the