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Article: Radical Islam in Egypt and Jordan
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- The Middle East Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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EGYPT AND JORDAN Radical Islam in Egypt and Jordan, by Nachman Tal. Brighton, UK and Portland, OR: Sussex Academic Press, 2005. xi+245 pages. Notes to p. 265. Bibl. to 269. Index top. 28!.$29.95 paper.
Tal has written a useful account of the rise of Islamic political movements in Jordan and Egypt throughout the 1990s. The book provides a wealth of data about the different Islamic groups residing and operating in both countries, and offers some insights into their different, and often competing, agendas. Moreover, Tal considers the different strategies employed by the Egyptian and Jordanian regimes in facing the challenge of indigenous Islamic parties. A number of sub-themes appear ...