Mobilizing Islam
Subtitle: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780231500838
Subjects: Islam and politics; Political participation; Egypt, politics and government
Description: The book explains how Islamist groups captured the hearts and minds of educated youth in Egypt. It focuses on the first twelve years of Hosni Mubarak's presidency, from 1981 to 1993, the period when participation in the movement reached its peak and before a wave of repression brought it to an abrupt end.