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Clark Leiden University Radboud University Nijmegen 12 The State in Islamist Thought / Irfan Ahmad Utrecht University 14 The “Humanity” of Radical Jihad / Jenna Reinbold ISIM Review 18 Autumn 2006 16 Re-reading al-Qaeda: Writings of Yusuf al-Ayiri / Roel Meijer 60 Pages ISSN 1 871-4374 18 Liberal Islam: Between Texts and its Modern Condition / Abdulkader Tayob Editorial Office 21 Mohammad Khatami: The Philosopher President / Farzin Vahdat Visiting Address Rapenburg 59 Leiden Postal Address SOCIETY & THE STATE ISIM, P.O. 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Articles should deal with issues relating to contemporary Muslim 48 Anti-Evolutionism Among Muslim Students / Danielle Koning societies and communities from within a social science or humanities framework. 50 The Sharia Debate in Ontario / Anna C. Korteweg Of especial interest are research and debates dealing with culture, social movements, development, youth, politics, gender, religion, arts, media, education, ARTS minorities, migration, public intellectuals, and popular culture. Please consult the ISIM 52 Miniature Painting as Muslim Cosmopolitanism / Iftikhar Dadi website for the style sheet. 54 The Disquieting Art of Khosrow Hassanzadeh / Mirjam Shatanawi The ISIM Review is published by the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) and represents a forum for scholarly exchange. The ISIM I S I M P A G E S Review is free of charge. 55 ISIMNews Disclaimer Responsibility for the facts and opinions 56 Public Debates about Islam in Europe / Martin van Bruinessen expressed in this publication rests solely with the authors. Their views do not 57 ISIMNews necessarily reflect those of the Institute or ISIM its supporters. © 2006, ISIM. All rights reserved. Nothing 58 Editors’ Picks in this publication may be reproduced without the permission of the publisher. 59 Arts: Reza Abedini 60 Photo Commentary ISIM R E V I E W 1 8 / A U T U M N 2 0 0 6 3 Editorial MATHIJS PELKMANS Turbaned princes, magic carpets, and other Oriental topoi not, but also whether conditions are present for Islamist move- thrive in computer and video games, apparently because stere- ments to talk with (foreign) governments. In Uzbekistan for ex- otypes of the Orient translate easily into high sales (Reichmuth ample, the government practice of labelling every grass-root and Werner, p.46). While it may not be surprising that pashas organization a terrorist organization has prevented any form and djinns appeal to Western tastes, it is harder to understand of dialogue and has caused a general confusion of what ter- the utilization of equally archaic stereotypes by Pope Benedict rorism might actually be (Fumagalli, p.28); we may easily note XVI in his 12 September speech in Regensburg.