ICG backgrounder: Understanding Islamism
Middle East/North Africa Report N°37
2 March 2005.
Reacting to the spectacular and violent events of 11 September 2001, many Western observers and policy-makers have tended to lump all forms of Islamism together, brand them as radical and treat them as hostile. That approach is fundamentally misconceived. [pdf file]
The link address is: http://www.icg.org//library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/egypt_north_africa/37_understanding_islamism.pdf