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Myth and Reality in the Contemporary Islamic Movement »

Authors: Fouad Zakaria
ISBN-13: 9780745322469, ISBN-10: 0745322468
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pluto Press
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Fouad Zakariyya is a former professor of Philosophy at Cairo University and a well-known Egyptian philosopher and a leading Arab intellectual.

An important critique from a Marxist perspective of the Islamic movement. An insider's response to Islamist ideology.

1	The contemporary Muslim and the search for certitude	3
2	Secularism : a civilization requirement	13
3	Critiques of secularism	23
4	Islam and religious hierarchy	34
5	Petro-Islam	47
6	The contemporary world according to Shaykh Sha'rawi	51
7	The future of Islamic fundamentalism : a critical study in light of Hassan Hanafi's approach	65
8	Evaluating the discourse of the contemporary Islamist movements	79
9	Islamic fundamentalism and the verdict of history	104
10	An invitation to dialogue	117
11	The July revolution and the Islamist groups	121
12	The implementation of Shari'ah : an attempt at comprehension	129
13	The implementation of Shari'ah : a new dialogue	139