Muslim Extremism in Egypt

Gilles Kepel takes us into the world of the students, professionals, workers, and unemployed who are caught up in the Islamic movements of Egypt. Events that have riveted world attention--the first World Trade Center bombing, assassinations in Beirut, the attempt on the life of the Pope, the assassination of Sadat, and, in a new preface, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001--are illuminated by this penetrating study.

Gilles Kepel is chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the Institute for Political Studies (Institut d'Etudes Politiques) in Paris. He is the editor of four volumes of essays and the author of six books

Preface to the 2003 Edition

ix

Preface The Roots of Islamist Movements

9

(12)

Introduction Journey to the Ends of Islam

21

(5)

From One Ordeal to Another: 1954--66

26

(10)

In the Beginning Were the Camps

27

(4)

The 1965 `Plot'

31

(5)

'Signposts'

36

(34)

Sayyid Qutb, Author and Martyr

38

(5)

Islamicism or Barbarism

43

(9)

What Is to Be Done?

52

(7)

The Ulema Intervene

59

(9)

Appendix: Works of Sayyid Qutb

68

(2)

The Society of Muslims

70

(33)

And God Came to Shukri

71

(7)

The New Hegira

78

(8)

Living Together in the Prophet's Way

86

(5)

Death of One of the Ulema

91

(12)

'Al-Da'wa': Legalists Despite Themselves

103

(26)

The Purse-Strings

107

(3)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

110

(14)

Making Good Use of Parliament

124

(5)

The Vanguard of the `Umma'

129

(43)

The Student Revolt

130

(5)

The `University of Large Numbers'

135

(3)

In the Shadow of the Regime

138

(3)

Changer la Vie

141

(6)

How to Be a Good Muslim

147

(9)

For the Good of the Copts

156

(8)

June 1981: Checkmate

164

(8)

The Sermons of Sheikh Kishk

172

(19)

A Sheikh's Childhood

174

(3)

The Friday Sermon

177

(14)

To Assassinate Pharaoh

191

(32)

The Modern Tartars

194

(3)

Holy War Against the Infidels

197

(2)

Carrying Out God's Orders

199

(5)

Killing Christians

204

(6)

To Assassinate Pharaoh

210

(13)

Conclusion

223

(18)

The Religious and the Political

226

(5)

Is the Islamicist Movement Inevitable?

231

(5)

Facets of a Utopia

236

(5)

Afterword: Ebb and Flow, 1981--1985

241

(18)

The Carrot and the Stick

243

(3)

Depoliticizing Islam

246

(3)

Electoral Strategies

249

(2)

Modes of Preaching

251

(8)

Sources

259

(6)

Chronology: 1928--1992

265

(10)

Index

275

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Muslim Extremism in Egypt

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