Contents -- Translator's Introduction -- Part One Secularism, the Gulf States, and Islam -- 1 The Contemporary Muslim and the Search for Certitude -- 2 Secularism: A Civilizational Requirement -- 3 Critiques of Secularism -- 4 Islam and Religious Hierarchy -- 5 Petro- Islam -- 6 The Contemporary World According to Shaykh Sha' rawi -- Part Two In Debate with H. assan H. anafi -- 7 The Future of Islamic Fundamentalism: A Critical Study in Light of Óassan Óanafi's Approach -- 8 Evaluating the Discourse of Contemporary Islamist Movements -- 9 Islamic Fundamentalism and the Verdict of History -- Part Three On the Implementation of Shari'ah -- 10 An Invitation to Dialogue -- 11 The July Revolution and the Islamist Groups -- 12 The Implementation of Shari'ah: An Attempt at Comprehension -- 13 The Implementation of Shari'ah: A New Dialogue -- A Selected Bibliography in Contemporary Arab Thought -- Index.