Cover -- Contents -- Editor's Introduction - Islamism from the Standpoint of Critical Theory -- Part I - Toward a Theoretical Appreciation of Islamism in the Contemporary Arab World -- 1. Salafiyyah is a Blessed Historical Phaserather than an Islamic Legal School -- 2. The Islamic Movement: Problems and Perspectives -- 3. Toward aModern Islamic Perspective: A Declaration of Principles -- 4. The Headscarf Battle -- Part II - Islamism, Jihad, and Martyrdom -- 5. The Birth of Afghan Arabs -- 6. What Jihad Taught Me -- 7. Preparing the Appropriate Climate for Jihad -- 8. Islam and the Logic of Power -- Part III - Islamism and the Question of Israel/Palestine -- 9. Islam and Zionism -- 10. From Basel to Oslo: Zionism and the Islamic Narrative -- 11. The Role of the Israeli Lobby -- Part IV - Contemporary Islamism: Trends and Self-Criticism -- 12. Islam between Ignorant Followers and Incapable Scholars -- 13. The Islamic Movement and the Tasks of the Current Period -- 14. The Present Rulers and Islam -- 15. The Islamic Movement's Performance in Crisis: Assessment and Strategic Outlook -- 16. Islamic Movements: Self-Criticism and Reconsideration -- 17. Extremism: The Accusation and the Reality -- 18. The Islamic Movement: Hopes and Aspirations -- Part V - Islamism, the West, the United States, and 9/11 -- 19. The Imperialist Epistemological Vision -- 20. Islamists and the West: From Confrontation to Cooperation -- 21. On Modernity, Liberalism, and Islamism -- 22. The Islamic Movement's Approach to Understanding Shari'ah -- 23. The Islamic Movement Before and After September 11, 2001 -- 24. Muslim Youth and the West -- Part VI - Islamism in the Contemporary Arab World -- 25. Islam and Saudi Paganism -- 26. Definite Proof of the Illegitimacy of the Saudi State -- 27. How Was the Caliphate Destroyed? -- 28. Recent Changes in the Arab-Islamist Movements.

29. The Moroccan Islamic Movement: Rising or Declining? -- 30. The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood: Experiences and Prospect -- 31. Toward a Common Arab and Islamic Strategy for the Middle East -- 32. Islamist Political Parties in Contemporary Algeria -- 33. The Islamic Movement in the Gulf Region -- 34. The Islamic Movement in Modern Iraq: The Sunnite Dimension -- 35. The Ideational World and its Impressedand Expressed Ideas -- List of Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index.