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The purpose of this chapter is to disprove the notion, that still exists in some of the scholarly and popular literature, that the west is faced by a united threatening and Islamic monolith. Instead, I suggest that there is a plethora of smaller groups with different backgrounds and agendas. In doing this, I have confined my attentions to the Islamist movements of three countries: Algeria, Egypt, and Palestine. The groups examined here are: The Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), The Armed Islamic Group (GIA), The Armed Islamic Movement (MIA), and The Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) of Algeria; The Islamic Jihad Movement and Hamas (Harakat al-Muqawana al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement) in Palestine; and The Gama’a al-Islamiyya and Jihad/New Jihad in Egypt.
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Wyatt, C.M. (2000). Islamic Militancies and Disunity in the Middle East. In: Dark, K.R. (eds) Religion and International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403916594_5
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