Islamic Fundamentalism - The new Global Threat

  
   
 

Islamic Fundamentalism - The new Global Threat - Mohammad Mohaddessin

  
  Foreword  
  Preface  
  Introduction: In the eye of the Storm  
I Dogmatism Versus Democracy: A Brief History of Fundamentalism  
  The Fundamentalist Appeal  
   Fanaticism Versus Liberty  
   Kharajites: First Advocates of Dogmatism  
   Legitimizing the Status Quo  
   Democratic, Antireactionary Islamic Movements  
   Shi'ism in Safavid and Post-Safavid Iran  
   Iran's Constitutional Revolution of 1906  
  Sunnism and the New Era  
  Conclusion  
     
II The Pillars of the Mullahs' Rule  
  Two Pillars of Khomeini's Rule  
         Terror  
 

     Export of Islamic Revolution

  
  Velayat-e-faqih in the Constitution  
     
III The Post - Khomeini Regime  
 

Constitution Revised

  
 

Moderation an Anathema

  
     
IV Mother of All Islamic Lands": The Mullahs' Foreign Policy  
     
V Fertile Grounds for Fundamentalism  
  The Power of Islam  
  A Bastion of Islamic Culture  
  Decline of Nationalism  
  Role of Oil  
  Global Changes  
  Appeasement: An Ominous Policy  
  Fundamentalism and Islam's Great Schism  
     
VI The Iran-Iraq War  
  The War and the Mojahedin  
  Damages Inflicted by the War  
  A Dream Unfulfilled  
     
VII Arms of the Octopus: Exporting Fundamentalism to Central Asia  
  Ties of History and Culture  
  Iranian-Soviet Relations  
  After the Soviet Collapse  
  Azerbaijan: A Special Case  
  Turkmenistan and Other Republics  
  Afghanistan  
  Pan-Islamism Versus Pan-Turkism?  
       Religious Appeal  
       Common Borders  
       Historical Bonds  
       Economic Factors  
     
VIII Fundamentalism in the Arab World  
  The Eastern Mediterranean  
       Jordan and the Occupied Territories  
       Lebanon  
  North Africa  
       Algeria  
       Tunisia  
       Sudan  
       Egypt  
       Morocco  
  Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf States  
  The Muslim World at Large  
     
IX An "International Islamic Army"  
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs  
  Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance  
  Ministry of Intelligence  
  The Qods Force  
  Organizational Structure  
  Affiliated Units  
       1st Corps, or Ramadhan Headquarters  
       2nd (Lebanon) Corps  
       3rd (Hamzeh) Corps  
       4th (Ansar) Corps  
       Corps 5,000  
       Corps 6,000  
       9th Badr Corps  
  Training  
     
X Terrorism: Iran's Foreign Policy Instrument  
  Hallmarks of Terrorism  
  An International Terrorist Network  
       Switzerland  
       Germany  
       France  
       Turkey  
       Cyprus  
       Lebanon  
       Kuwait  
       Pakistan  
  Prospects  
     
XI The Mullahs and Middle East Peace  
     
XII Armed to the Teeth  
  Conventional Weapons  
  Chemical and Biological Weapons  
       Karaj Program  
       Razi Serum and Vaccine Production Center  
       Razi Chemical Corporation  
       Marvdasht Center  
       Poly-Acryl Corporation  
  Nuclear Weapons  
       The Isfahan Project  
       The Karaj Project  
       The Gorgan Project  
       The Darkhovin Project  
       The Mo'alem Kelayeh Project  
       The Yazd Project  
       The Bushehr Project  
       The Bandar Abbas Project  
     
XIII Crisis from All Sides: Inside the Mullahs' Regime  
  Political Repression  
  Edging Toward Bankruptcy  
  Mounting Protests  
  The Crisis Continues  
     
XIV The Search for a Solution  
  Nationalism  
  Liberalism  
  Marxism  
  Fundamentalism Misinterpreted  
     
XV Modern, Democratic Islam: Antithesis to Fundamentalism  
  The Antithesis of Fundamentalist Islam  
  A Glance at the Mojahedin's Basic Viewpoints  
       Democracy and Government  
       Tolerance of Opponents  
       Religious Tolerance  
       Human Rights  
       Grace and Compassion Versus Violence and Vengeance  
       Women's Rights  
     
  Notes  
     
  Appendix - List of Victims of the Mullah Regime's Terrorist Activities Abroad  
     
   
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