Résumé
This book focuses on the ethical content of Osama bin Laden's and Al-Qaeda's jihad as opposed to its purported political intent. Devji contends that Al-Qaeda, with its decentralized structure and emphasis on moral rather than political action, has more in common with multinational corporations, antiglobalization activists, and environmentalist and social justice organizations, than such groups as Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiyah, which aim to establish fundamentalist Islamic states. Bin Laden and his lieutenants view their cause as a response to the oppressive conditions faced by the Muslim world rather than an Islamist attempt to build states.