Adil Rasheed

Political Islam: Parallel Currents in West Asia and South Asia

Publisher: Pentagon Press

This book deals with the history of Muslim political thought from the time of the Prophet to early 21" century in `West Asia` (an Indian alternative to the `colonial` term Middle East) and South Asia. Although Islam does not present nor recommend any political philosophy or state-like system per se, Muslim scholars and theologians have over the centuries recommended ways for establishing an ideal Islamic polity based on Quranic inferences, precedents of the Prophet and some early Caliphs. Although Political Islam strictly refers to only a century-old religious-political revivalist movement, this book covers historical concepts and developments that serve as political antecedents for contemporary Political Islam in the two regions.

ISBN: 9788195189458 ,
Price: ? 1995/-
E-copy available

Adil Rasheed |
2023 |
Book

The Irreligious, Inauthentic Narrative of ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’

Ghazwatul Hind appears to be a speculative eschatological red herring, meant to beguile and mislead young minds by violent extremist and terrorist groups.

Adil Rasheed |
August 18, 2023 |
Issue Brief

Motivations of Suicide Bombers: An Exploratory Study

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s research paper, co-authored with Ms Ayesha Saman Kidwai, titled ‘Motivations of Suicide Bombers: An Exploratory Study’ has been published in the Journal of Peace Studies (January-June 2023 edition).

This paper explores the history of suicide attacks, the social and psychological dimensions of the menace as well as various political, social, and psychological theories proposed by counterterrorism experts to thwart instances of suicide terrorism.

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China’s Challenge to the US in West Asia

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s Commentary ‘China’s Challenge to the US in West Asia’ has been published by Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 18 July 2023.

India should not be too concerned about China’s seeming emergence as a major extra-regional player in West Asia as such a move comes with its own set of unforeseen hazards. India should rather continue with its de-hyphenated diplomatic approach and make contingency plans for securing its vital interests and for evacuating its expat population in case of an Israel-Iran war, which remains a simmering prospect, says Dr Rasheed.

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Decodifying Taliban and ISKP in Afghanistan

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s chapter ‘Decodifying Taliban and ISKP in Afghanistan’ has featured in the recently published USI Strategic Year Book 2023.

The book highlights how Deobandi Taliban's doctrinal differences with Salafi-jihadist ISIS have a bearing on the two organization's respective strategic objectives and designs, decision-making, mode of warfare, tactical choices and even desired end-state.

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Iran-Arab Gulf Joint Naval Force and China’s ‘Collective Security Architecture’

China and Iran claim to be building a new security architecture for West Asia on the pretext of keeping out the “unjustified” presence of “foreign forces”.

Adil Rasheed |
June 15, 2023 |
IDSA Comments

Towards an Epistemic Understanding of Radicalism, Extremism and Terrorism

The persistence of conceptual confusion regarding terms associated with terrorism impedes the legitimacy and effectiveness of counter-terrorism campaigns.

Adil Rasheed |
May 02, 2023 |
Issue Brief

The Metastasising ISKP Menace for India

The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) has claimed responsibility for last year’s botched Coimbatore and Mangalore blasts in an attempt to show its expanding influence, which raises serious concerns for Indian security agencies.

The Historic Seven Cities of Delhi

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s article, ‘The Historic Seven Cities of Delhi’ has been published in the Journal of Peace Studies (Volume 29, Issue 2 - April to December 2022).

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Arab Spring and the French Revolution: The Longue Durée of Transformation

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Adil Rasheed’s chapter 'Arab Spring and the French Revolution: The Longue Durée of Transformation' has been published in the book 'Arab Spring and its Legacies', edited by Sujata Ashwarya and Mujib Alam and published by Knowledge World, 2023 (ISBN : 9789394915282)

The chapter posits that it may be too early to write off the soc-alled Arab Spring upheavals as the French Revolution itself took nearly a hundred years to produce a democratic government in France after the Fall of Bastille in 1789. In fact, there was a period of Reign of Terror by the Jacobin leader Robespierre, Napoleonic wars and then the counter-revolution coup of the monarchical order in the Congress of Vienna of 1815. Similar upheavals have been witnessed following the Arab Spring upheavals, with initial strengthening of totalitarian regimes, rise of terrorist groups like ISIS and yet the gradual introduction of political and socio-economic reforms by many Arab governments to placate their restive populations.

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