Title: The roots of radical Islam /
Authors: Kepel, Gilles.; Rothschild, Jon,; Ghazaleh, Pascale,; Rothschild, Jon,; Ghazaleh, Pascale,
Publisher: Saqi,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt); Islam and politics Egypt.; Islam Egypt History; Islam; Islamic fundamentalism.; Islamic fundamentalism Egypt History.; Islamic fundamentalism Political aspects.; Egypt Politics and government
Abstract: Gilles Kepel, one of the world's leading experts on Islamist movements, was amongst the first to identify Egypt as the cradle of contemporary Islamism. This seminal work, now with a new introduction, gives a profoundly perceptive account of the foundations of today's radical Islamic organisations, and offers compelling insights into the structure, theory and tactics employed by the various groups as early as the 1970s in Egypt. -- Publisher description.
Contents: Preface : twenty years on --- Introduction : journey to the ends of Islam ---- 1. From one ordeal to another : 1954-66. In the beginning were the camps ; The 1965 'plot' --- 2. 'Signposts'. Sayyid Qutb, author and martyr ; Islamism or barbarism ; What is to be done? ; The Ulema intervene ; Appendix : works of Ayyid Qutb --- 3. The society of muslims. And God came to Shukri ; The new Hegira ; Living together in the Prophet's way ; Death of an Ulema --- 4. 'Al-Daʻwa' : legalists despite themselves. The purse-strings ; The four horsemen of the Apocalypse ; Making good use of Parliament --- 5. The vanguard of the 'Umma'. The student revolt ; The 'university of large numbers' ; In the shadow of the regime ; Changer la vie ; How to be a good Muslim ; For the good of the Copts ; June 1981 : checkmate --- 6. The sermons of Sheikh Kishk. A sheikh's childhood ; The Friday sermon --- 7. To assassinate pharaoh. The modern Tartars ; Holy war against the infidels ; Carrying out God's orders ; Killing Christians ; To assassinate pharaoh ---- Conclusion. The religious and the political ; Is the Islamist movement inevitable? ; Facets of a utopia.