The Dual Nature of Islamic Fundamentalism

Drawing on many previously untapped Arabic sources on the development and growth of Islamic fundamentalism, this book addresses such questions as: are the aspirations of Islam comprehensible in human terms, given the axioms from which Muslim fundamentalists have to start and the social context in which they operate? what is the nature of Islamic ideology?; in what terms did it develop?; how is it transmitted?; how is it linked to the history of Islamic thought?; and how does Islam as a whole conform to broader religious paradigms, such as millenarianism and revivalism?