TY - BOOK AU - HOVEYDA Fereydoun TI - The broken crescent: the 'threat' of militant Islamic fundamentalism SN - 027595837X (hbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger KW - ISLAM KW - ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM KW - POLITICS N2 - Explores the historical and contemporary causes of the current wave of militant Islamic fundamentalism. Seeks to demonstrate why, despite their terrorist attacks in the West, fundamentalists are even more dangerous for Muslim countries that are trying to join the incipient global economy and alleviate their accumulated social and economic problems ER -