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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Scoobah who wrote (19703)1/22/2007 3:49:40 PM
From: Elmer Flugum  Respond to of 32591
 
The same has been said about post-Apartheid South Africa.

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To: Scoobah who wrote (19703)1/22/2007 4:46:42 PM
From: Solon  Respond to of 32591
 
EVERYONE ought to read this online book. Time for the west to wake up.

These are the chapter titles, but it is all available at the link--chapter by chapter. You've got to admire those Muslims who break away and tell the truth out of love of humanity and reason.

islamic-fundamentalism.info

Islamic Fundamentalism - The new Global Threat - Mohammad Mohaddessin

Foreword
Preface
Introduction: In the eye of the Storm
I Dogmatism Versus Democracy: A Brief History of Fundamentalism
The Fundamentalist Appeal
Fanaticism Versus Liberty
Kharajites: First Advocates of Dogmatism
Legitimizing the Status Quo
Democratic, Antireactionary Islamic Movements
Shi'ism in Safavid and Post-Safavid Iran
Iran's Constitutional Revolution of 1906
Sunnism and the New Era
Conclusion

II The Pillars of the Mullahs' Rule
Two Pillars of Khomeini's Rule
Terror
Export of Islamic Revolution

Velayat-e-faqih in the Constitution

III The Post - Khomeini Regime
Constitution Revised

Moderation an Anathema


IV Mother of All Islamic Lands": The Mullahs' Foreign Policy

V Fertile Grounds for Fundamentalism
The Power of Islam
A Bastion of Islamic Culture
Decline of Nationalism
Role of Oil
Global Changes
Appeasement: An Ominous Policy
Fundamentalism and Islam's Great Schism

VI The Iran-Iraq War
The War and the Mojahedin
Damages Inflicted by the War
A Dream Unfulfilled

VII Arms of the Octopus: Exporting Fundamentalism to Central Asia
Ties of History and Culture
Iranian-Soviet Relations
After the Soviet Collapse
Azerbaijan: A Special Case
Turkmenistan and Other Republics
Afghanistan
Pan-Islamism Versus Pan-Turkism?
Religious Appeal
Common Borders
Historical Bonds
Economic Factors

VIII Fundamentalism in the Arab World
The Eastern Mediterranean
Jordan and the Occupied Territories
Lebanon
North Africa
Algeria
Tunisia
Sudan
Egypt
Morocco
Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf States
The Muslim World at Large

IX An "International Islamic Army"
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance
Ministry of Intelligence
The Qods Force
Organizational Structure
Affiliated Units
1st Corps, or Ramadhan Headquarters
2nd (Lebanon) Corps
3rd (Hamzeh) Corps
4th (Ansar) Corps
Corps 5,000
Corps 6,000
9th Badr Corps
Training

X Terrorism: Iran's Foreign Policy Instrument
Hallmarks of Terrorism
An International Terrorist Network
Switzerland
Germany
France
Turkey
Cyprus
Lebanon
Kuwait
Pakistan
Prospects

XI The Mullahs and Middle East Peace

XII Armed to the Teeth
Conventional Weapons
Chemical and Biological Weapons
Karaj Program
Razi Serum and Vaccine Production Center
Razi Chemical Corporation
Marvdasht Center
Poly-Acryl Corporation
Nuclear Weapons
The Isfahan Project
The Karaj Project
The Gorgan Project
The Darkhovin Project
The Mo'alem Kelayeh Project
The Yazd Project
The Bushehr Project
The Bandar Abbas Project

XIII Crisis from All Sides: Inside the Mullahs' Regime
Political Repression
Edging Toward Bankruptcy
Mounting Protests
The Crisis Continues

XIV The Search for a Solution
Nationalism
Liberalism
Marxism
Fundamentalism Misinterpreted

XV Modern, Democratic Islam: Antithesis to Fundamentalism
The Antithesis of Fundamentalist Islam
A Glance at the Mojahedin's Basic Viewpoints
Democracy and Government
Tolerance of Opponents
Religious Tolerance
Human Rights
Grace and Compassion Versus Violence and Vengeance
Women's Rights

Notes