Barry Rubin is Director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs Journal. He is the author of many books, including most recently, The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building, and the editor of many more, including (with Ian S. Lustick) Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Politics, and Culture: Books on Israel, Volume II, also published by SUNY Press.

Preface

1. Why Radical Muslims Aren't Taking Over Governments
Emmanuel Sivan

2. Radical Islam in Egypt: A Comparison of Two Groups
David Zeidan

3. The Development of Palestinian Islamic Groups
Reuven Paz

4. Radical Islamist Movements in Turkey
Ely Karmon

5. Islamism and the State in North Africa
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman and Meir Litvak

6. Hizballah: Between Armed Struggle and Domestic Politics
Eyal Zisser

7. Balancing State and Society: The Islamic Movement in Kuwait
Shafeeq N. Ghabra

8. The Rise of the Islamist Movement in Turkey
Nilufer Narli

9. Fethullah Gulen and His Liberal 'Turkish Islam' Movement
Bulent Aras and Omer Caha

10. Islam and Democracy
Ali R. Abootalebi

11. Mediating Middle East Conflicts: An Alternative Approach
George E. Irani

12. Liberal Islam: Prospects and Challenges
Charles Kurzman

13. Inside the Islamic Reformation
Dale F. Eickelman

14. Islamist Movements in the Middle East: A Survey and Balance Sheet
Barry Rubin

List of Contributors

Index