The Future of Islam in the Middle East: Fundamentalism in Egypt, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia

by Mahmud A. Faksh

An important new study that assesses comparatively the future of Islamic fundamentalism in three key countries: Egypt, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia. Islamism has witnessed an upsurge and new-found zealotry and stridency in the post-Gulf War period, but its real fortunes have fallen far short of expectations, according to Mahmud Faksh. Indeed, as outlined in this work, it is now being stymied on many fronts. The book focuses on the limits of Islamic fundamentalism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275951286
• ISBN13: 9780275951283
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.6"