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In an effort at moving away from simple survey studies and from a narrative approach of documentating current events, this article aims at providing an explanatory assessment of this new phenomenon, based on a theoretical framework which conceptualizes the interplay between cultural and economic components of social change. (DSE)

Among Egyptian fundamentalist groups, one of the most important ideological debates has been whether the Egyptian regime or the West should be the primary target of action. This classic work is updated to analyze how internal debates, coupled with the government's defeat of the insurgency through violence and cooptation, led many Egyptian radical fundamentalists to join Usama bin Ladin and focus on attacking America. It includes excerpts and an analysis of the writings of Ayman al-Zawahiri, a veteran leader of the Egyptian movement who became Usama bin Ladin's right-hand man and helped plan the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States

ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM IS A DEFENSIVE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENT, A REACTION TO WESTERNIZATION AND MODERNIZATION. THIS ARTICLE SUGGESTS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS NOT OFFERING MUSLIMS A LONG-RANGE VISION OF THE FUTURE, NOR ARE THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD ANY MORE FORTHCOMING IN THIS RESPECT. IT EXPLORES THE WEST AND ISLAM--FROM RIVALRY TO REVIVAL, THE NEED FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE WEST AND ISLAM, AND THE PARADOX OF POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT IN ISLAM. IT CONCLUDES THAT THE CHALLENGE FOR MUSLIMS IS HOW TO DEVELOP THE ISLAMIC WORLD THROUGH ITS OWN TRADIIONS, NOT THROUGH WESTERN SECULAR IDEOLOGIES.