Download or read book The New Political Islam written by Emmanuel Karagiannis and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islamist political parties and groups are on the rise throughout the Muslim world, constituting a new political Islam that is global in scope and yet local in action. Emmanuel Karagiannis explains how various Islamists have endorsed human rights, democracy, and justice to gain influence and mobilize supporters.