Why radical Muslims aren't taking over governments / Emmanuel Sivan -- Radical Islam in Egypt : a comparison of two groups / David Zeidan -- The development of Palestinian Islamic groups / Reuven Paz -- Radical Islamist movements in Turkey / Ely Karmon -- Islamism and the state in North Africa / Bruce Maddy-Weitzman and Meir Litvak -- Hizballah : between armed struggle and domestic politics / Eyal Zisser -- Balancing state and society : the Islamic movement in Kuwait / Shafeeq N. Ghabra -- The rise of the last Islamist movement in Turkey / Nilufer Narli.

Fethullah Gulen and his liberal 'Turkish Islam' movement / Bulent Aras and Omer Caha -- Islam and democracy / Ali R. Abootalebi -- Mediating Middle East conflicts : an alternative approach / Geore E. Irani -- Liberal Islam : prospects and challenges / Charles Kurzman -- Inside the Islamic reformation / Dale F. Eickelman -- Islamist movements in the Middle East : a survey and balance sheet / Barry Rubin.