Table of Contents
Preface to the 2003 Edition
Preface The Roots of Islamist Movements
Introduction Journey to the Ends of Islam
1. From One Ordeal to Another: 1954-66
In the Beginning Were the Camps
The 1965 'Plot'
2. 'Signposts'
Sayyid Qutb, Author and Martyr
Islamicism or Barbarism
What Is to Be Done?
The Ulema Intervene
Appendix: Works of Sayyid Qutb
3. The Society of Muslims
And God Came to Shukri
The New Hegira
Living Together in the Prophet's Way
Death of One of the Ulema
4. 'Al-Da'wa': Legalists Despite Themselves
The Purse-Strings
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Making Good Use of Parliament
5. The Vanguard of the 'Umma'
The Student Revolt
The •university of Large Numbers'
In the Shadow of the Regime
Changer la Vie
How to Be a Good Muslim
For the Good of the Copts
June 1981: Checkmate
6. The Sermons of Sheikh Kishk
A Sheikh's Childhood
The Friday Sermon
7. To Assassinate Pharaoh
The Modem Tartars
Holy War Against the Infidels
Carrying Out God's Orders
Killing Christians
To Assassinate Pharaoh
Conclusion
The Religious and the Political
Is the Islamicist Movement Inevitable?
Facets of a Utopia
Afterword: Ebb and Flow, 1981-1985
The Carrot and the Stick
Depoliticizing Islam
Electoral Strategies
Modes of Preaching
Sources
Chronology: 1928-1992
Index
