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Announcing a new book on Iran and Islam by John J. Xenakis
Book Announcement: World View: Iran's Struggle for Supremacy
Subtitle: Tehran's Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle East
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Book Announcement: World View: Iran's Struggle for Supremacy, by John J. Xenakis
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**** Book Description
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Iran wants to be the master of the Mideast. It's threatening war with
Saudi Arabia. It's supporting wars in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. It's
supporting the Lebanon terror army Hezbollah to wage war in Syria and
to attack and eliminate Israel, and to attack the United States. This
book describes how a former United States ally has turned into a
radical, corrupt, theological regime threatening the entire region.
This book also addresses the controversies in Islam itself, including
the Sunni-Shia split, the authenticity of the Koran and Sharia Law,
polygamy and pedophilia in Islam, and whether the Koran commands all
Muslims to kill all non-Muslims.
About the author: John J. Xenakis is a historian, journalist and
analyst and a developer of generational theory, who has written
prolifically on geopolitical events, historical analysis, and
technology.
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**** Supporting Generational Dynamics
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Thousands of people start each day by reading the latest Generational
Dynamics World View article, which is provided each day free of cost
and ads.
This service has been provided, without income or funding, for 15
years as a public service. But this service will not be able to
continue much longer unless it receives a source of funding or income
to keep it alive.
This is a great book, and you can help support Generational Dynamics
by buying this book from Amazon and then writing a 5-star review so
that other people will buy it as well.
****
**** Book Contents - More Information
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Most people in the West have little understanding of Islam and Iran,
even though both of these subjects are part of major news stories
almost every day.
The author, John J. Xenakis, has written thousands of articles on Iran
and Islam over two decades, and has written a book that provides, for
the serious reader, a serious, balanced, respectful history of Islam
and Iran.
Here are some of the topics covered in this book:
Furthermore, this book was written in a respectful, balanced,
non-ideological way that will be accessible to all points of view.
Some people may wonder whether it's possible or "appropriate" for a
non-Muslim to write a book on Islam and Iran. The opposite may be
true. A Muslim author might be able to write a balanced treatment of
Islam, but will suffer from the handicap that people within his own
religion or sect may criticize him if he's totally non-ideological,
and particularly if he discusses the very real controversies within
Islam itself, such as the validity of the Koran and Hadith, polygamy
and pedophilia in Islam, and whether the Koran commands all Muslims to
kill all non-Muslims.
The author is able to describe Islam and Iran in a respectful,
balanced, non-ideological way, but also describing the controversies
within Islam that Muslims themselves feel obligated to avoid
mentioning.
The author admits that he is biased against the current leadership in
Iran. An American cannot be indifferent to a leadership whose
security forces massacre, jail, rape and torture peacefully protesting
college students. And of course the book is also biased against
al-Qaeda, ISIS and other jihadist groups committing terror acts.
The ordering of the sections of this book is like "peeling an onion,"
starting with the most accessible political news about Iran over the
last 20 years, and then proceeding step by step to the core of Iran's
Shia Islam theology. A summary is as follows:
By the time we reach the end, we'll have circled back to the
beginning, with what is hopefully a complete understanding of Iran
today.
This book also draws on the methodologies provided by advanced
generational theory as developed for 15 years on the GenerationalDynamics.com web site. These
methodologies explain, for example, why there's a big generational
split today between Iran's old government leaders versus young people,
and they explain such things as the transition from Iran's
Constitutional Revolution in 1905-09 to Iran's Islamic Revolution in
1979.
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iran, Iran's Struggle for Supremacy
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John J. Xenakis
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Announcing a new book on Iran and Islam by John J. Xenakis
Book Announcement: World View: Iran's Struggle for Supremacy
Subtitle: Tehran's Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle East
Book Announcement: World View: Iran's Struggle for Supremacy, by John J. Xenakis
$5 -- Buy the digital version on Amazon
$7 -- Buy the paperback on Amazon
I've kept the price low - $5 or $7. If you buy it, please write a
5-star amazon review. Thanks.
****
**** Book Description
****
Iran wants to be the master of the Mideast. It's threatening war with
Saudi Arabia. It's supporting wars in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. It's
supporting the Lebanon terror army Hezbollah to wage war in Syria and
to attack and eliminate Israel, and to attack the United States. This
book describes how a former United States ally has turned into a
radical, corrupt, theological regime threatening the entire region.
This book also addresses the controversies in Islam itself, including
the Sunni-Shia split, the authenticity of the Koran and Sharia Law,
polygamy and pedophilia in Islam, and whether the Koran commands all
Muslims to kill all non-Muslims.
About the author: John J. Xenakis is a historian, journalist and
analyst and a developer of generational theory, who has written
prolifically on geopolitical events, historical analysis, and
technology.
****
**** Supporting Generational Dynamics
****
Thousands of people start each day by reading the latest Generational
Dynamics World View article, which is provided each day free of cost
and ads.
This service has been provided, without income or funding, for 15
years as a public service. But this service will not be able to
continue much longer unless it receives a source of funding or income
to keep it alive.
This is a great book, and you can help support Generational Dynamics
by buying this book from Amazon and then writing a 5-star review so
that other people will buy it as well.
****
**** Book Contents - More Information
****
Most people in the West have little understanding of Islam and Iran,
even though both of these subjects are part of major news stories
almost every day.
The author, John J. Xenakis, has written thousands of articles on Iran
and Islam over two decades, and has written a book that provides, for
the serious reader, a serious, balanced, respectful history of Islam
and Iran.
Here are some of the topics covered in this book:
- Does the Koran command Muslims to kill all non-Muslims?
- Are Muslim jihadists at war with Christians and Jews?
- Why is there a split between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and what is
its importance today?
- What is Shia theology, how was it redefined by Iran's Supreme
Leader, and how is Iran's Supreme Leader violating it?
- What is the importance of ancient Persian empires and
Zoroastrianism to Iran today?
- How is today's Iran, recognized as one of the most corrupt
governments in the world, controlled by a Constitution with no checks
and balances?
- Why is there a big generational split in Iran?
- How does the Koran compare to the Bible?
- What kind of "regime change" does Iran need to restore the
country's former glory?
Furthermore, this book was written in a respectful, balanced,
non-ideological way that will be accessible to all points of view.
Some people may wonder whether it's possible or "appropriate" for a
non-Muslim to write a book on Islam and Iran. The opposite may be
true. A Muslim author might be able to write a balanced treatment of
Islam, but will suffer from the handicap that people within his own
religion or sect may criticize him if he's totally non-ideological,
and particularly if he discusses the very real controversies within
Islam itself, such as the validity of the Koran and Hadith, polygamy
and pedophilia in Islam, and whether the Koran commands all Muslims to
kill all non-Muslims.
The author is able to describe Islam and Iran in a respectful,
balanced, non-ideological way, but also describing the controversies
within Islam that Muslims themselves feel obligated to avoid
mentioning.
The author admits that he is biased against the current leadership in
Iran. An American cannot be indifferent to a leadership whose
security forces massacre, jail, rape and torture peacefully protesting
college students. And of course the book is also biased against
al-Qaeda, ISIS and other jihadist groups committing terror acts.
The ordering of the sections of this book is like "peeling an onion,"
starting with the most accessible political news about Iran over the
last 20 years, and then proceeding step by step to the core of Iran's
Shia Islam theology. A summary is as follows:
- Internal political conflicts in Iran, since the student riots
beginning in 1999 that challenged the entire legitimacy of the 1979
Great Islamic Revolution.
- A political history of Iran from the 1800s to the present,
including the border wars with Britain and Russia, the Tobacco Revolt
and Constitutional Revolution, the White Revolution and the Islamic
Revolution. The book shows how each of these events flowed into the
next one as new generations of Persians and Iranians grew up and
replaced older generations.
- The great empires of Persian history, which still fill modern
Iranians with pride even today.
- The conquest of Persia by Mohammed and the Islamic Arabs, and the
Sunni-Shia split.
- Shia Islam's twelve infallible Imams, and development of Shia
Islam Theology by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, through the
"Guardianship of the Jurist." This involves a retelling of the
history of Iran from 1800s to the present, but a theological history
rather than a political history. This is the core of the onion, after
all the layers have been peeled off.
- The future of Iran -- the selection of a new Supreme Leader, and
the inevitable regime change.
By the time we reach the end, we'll have circled back to the
beginning, with what is hopefully a complete understanding of Iran
today.
This book also draws on the methodologies provided by advanced
generational theory as developed for 15 years on the GenerationalDynamics.com web site. These
methodologies explain, for example, why there's a big generational
split today between Iran's old government leaders versus young people,
and they explain such things as the transition from Iran's
Constitutional Revolution in 1905-09 to Iran's Islamic Revolution in
1979.
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iran, Iran's Struggle for Supremacy
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe
