Source: Carnegie
THE OTHER FACE OF THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT
Mustapha Kamel Al-Sayyid
Working Paper No. 33
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Summary
Since September 11, discussions of political Islam have been distorted by
the tendency to identify political Islam with Osama bin Laden, his associates,
and organizations involved in violent actions in places such as Chechnya, Kashmir,
Algeria, and Egypt. In reality, such violent, militant groups constitute only
a small minority among political Islamists. Another, non-violent face of Islamism
exists and is often ignored in current debates. In this working paper, Mustapha
Kamel Al-Sayyid describes Islamism and examines how the international community
should deal with the movement's non-violent majority.
Mustapha Kamel Al-Sayyid is professor of political science and director
of the Center for Developing Countries Studies at Cairo University in Egypt.
In July and August of 2002, he was a visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment
with the Democracy
and Rule of Law Project.
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