Religious radicalism and politics in the Middle East /

Religious radicalism and politics in the Middle East / [print] edited by Emmanuel Sivan and Menachem Friedman. - Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, (c)1990. - vii, 244 pages ; 24 cm. - SUNY series in Near Eastern studies .

"Published in cooperation with the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem"--T.p. verso.



Introduction Religious radicalism and political messianism in Israel Islamic radicalism : Sunni and Shiite The Jewish religion and contemporary Israeli nationalism The radical Shiite opposition movements in Iraq Jewish zealots : conservative versus innovative Pro-Iranian fundamentalism in Gaza Redemption as a catastrophe : the gospel of Gush Emunim Khomeini's messengers : the disrupted pilgrimage of Islam E. Sivan -- A. Ravitzky -- E. Sivan -- C. Liebman -- A. Baram -- M. Friedman -- T. Mayer -- G. Aran -- M. Kramer.



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Islam--20th century.
Islam and politics--Middle East.
Judaism and politics.

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