Islamist terrorism and democracy in the Middle East
What were the reasons behind the terrorist attacks of September 11th? Does the cause of Islamist terrorism relate to the lack of democracy in the Middle East? Through detailed research into the activities of both radical and moderate organizations across the Middle East,such as the Muslim Brotherhoo...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The book's central question and rationale
- 2. Terrorism, democracy and Islamist terrorism
- 3. Transnational Islamist terrorism: Al Qaeda
- 4. Islamist terrorism and national liberation: Hamas and Hizbullah
- 5. Islamist terrorism in domestic conflicts : the armed Islamic group in Algeria and the Gamaa Islamiya in Egypt
- 6. Moderation and Islamist movements in opposition : the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood/Islamic Action Front, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and the Tunisian Nahda
- 7. Islamist moderation and the experience of government : Turkey's welfare and justice and development parties and the Islamic Republic of Iran