1. How a Mosque for Ex-Nazis Became Center of Radical Islam.
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Johnson, Ian and Schoenfeld, Almut
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ISLAM & international relations , *MOSQUES , *MUSLIMS , *SOCIAL history , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *ISLAM , *HISTORY - Abstract
Presents the second in a series focusing on the social conditions and activities of Muslims living in Europe. History of the Islamic Center of Munich, a mosque built by Muslims, who deserted the Soviet Union's Red Army to fight for the Nazis in World War II; Competition for the Muslim community among Western governments looking for political alliances; Discussion of the Muslim Brotherhood, a social reform movement, which calls for the Muslim religion to dominate all aspects of life; History of miscalculations on the part of Western governments in their relationships with political Islam; How United States' involvement in Afghanistan in the 1980s helped produced Osama bin Laden; Research findings indicating U.S. intelligence agencies attempted to form a working relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood; Comments from Munich, Germany-based historian Stefan Meining regarding the genesis of political Islam in the post-WWII atmosphere; Discussion of the Brotherhood's beliefs with regard to Muslims and Western influences. INSETS: A Piece of History;Birth of an Ideology;Cast of Characters.
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- 2005