ABSTRACT
The ideology of Islamic fundamentalists is of central importance in the modern world, but it is often distorted or misunderstood by the international media. This insightful study provides a detailed analysis of the Palestinian Hamas movement's world-view, and shows how the theoretical framework developed by thinkers such as Hassan al-Banna, Sayyis Qutb and al-Mawdudi is applied to a specific political, social and economic context. Nusse explains the fundamentalist position on recent events, such as the Gulf War, the Madrid peace negotiations and the Hebron massacre, and helps to dissipate myths surrounding modern fundamentalist movements and their overwhelming success as opposition movements in the modern world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |7 pages
Introduction
chapter |12 pages
The Context
part |61 pages
The Basic Themes in the Thought of Ḥamās
chapter |14 pages
The Problem: Israel, Zionism and the Jews
chapter |6 pages
The Goal: An Islamic Palestinian State
chapter |2 pages
Sense of Urgency: Mass-Immigration of Soviet Jews
chapter |7 pages
Hostility and Isolation
chapter |12 pages
Means
chapter |6 pages
Self-Image of Islam
chapter |7 pages
Inner Enemy: The Palestinian Liberation Organisation
chapter |3 pages
Equality? The Christian Minority
chapter |3 pages
Ambiguity: Attitude towards the West
part |57 pages
Application of General World View to Specific Political Events