Political Islam: Essays from Middle East Report Book

	Acknowledgments
1	On the Modernity, Historical Specificity, and International Context of Political Islam	3
2	Introduction to Part One	29
3	The New Orientalism and the Democracy Debate	33
4	Religion, the State, and Democracy: Contrasting Conceptions of Society in Egypt	51
5	Gender and Civil Society	64
6	Islamist Notions of Democracy	71
7	Secularism, Integralism, and Political Islam: The Egyptian Debate	83
8	Introduction to Part Two	97
9	Is Iran an Islamic State?	103
10	Islamic Mobilization and Political Change: The Islamist Trend in Egypt's Professional Associations	120
11	Hizb Allah and the Lebanese State	136
12	The Resurgence of Islam and the Welfare Party in Turkey	144
13	Is There an Islamic Economics?	154
14	Funding Fundamantalism: The Political Economy of Islamist State	166
15	Introduction to Part Three	181
16	Women, Islam, and the State	185
17	From Immodesty to Collaboration: Hamas, the Women's Movement, and National Identity in the Intifada	194
18	"Hassiba Ben Bouali, If You Could See Our Algeria": Women and Public Space in Algeria	211
19	Devices and Desires: Population Policy and Gender Roles in the Islamic Republic	220
20	The Women of Sudan's National Islamic Front	234
21	Introduction to Part Four	253
22	Rai, Rap and Ramadan Nights: Franco-Maghribi Cultural Identities	257
23	Dramatic Reversals: Political Islam and Egyptian Television	269
24	Taking up Space in Tlemcen: The Islamist Occupation of Urban Algeria	283
25	Genesis of a Mobilization: The Young Activists of Algeria's Islamic Salvation Front	292
26	Introduction to Part Five	309
27	What Does the Gama'a Islamiyya Want?	314
28	"Silencing Is at the Heart of My Case"	327
29	The Islamist Movement and the Palestinian Authority	335
30	What Kind of Nation? The Rise of Hamas in the Occupied Territories	339
31	Roots of the Shi'i Movement in Lebanon	355
32	"How Can a Muslim Live in This Era?"	370
	List of Contributors	377
	Index	381