Table of Contents

1. A Diverse Tradition from Past to Present 2. The Advance of Secularism: Decline of Islam? 3. Identity and Revivalism 4. Islam Armed: Resistance in an Ideological Era 5. Going Global: Fundamentalism and Terror 6. Ground Zero and Islamic Fundamentalism

About the Author

Beverley Milton-Edwards is a Reader in Politics and International Affairs in the School of Politics, Queen's University, Belfast. She is the author of Islamic Politics in Palestine, Contemporary Politics in the Middle East and Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945.