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Spokesmen for the Despised: fundamentalist leaders of the Middle East
R. SCOTT APPLEBY (Ed.), 1997
Chicago, Chicago University Press
438 pp., pb. L15.95, ISBN 0 226 02125 4; hb. n.p., ISBN 0 226 02124 6
Those who have had an interest in politicized religious movements and radicalization of religions will know Appleby from the hugely successful fundamentalisms project that he conducted with Martin Marty. That project led to the publication of a 5-volume set by Chicago University Press on fundamentalism. In this edited volume, Appleby brings together a prominent group of scholars to comment on Middle East 'fundamentalist' leaders. Not just Islamist leaders and movements either. The book's eight case studies split rather nicely into five on Islamist leaders and movements...