Twilight of the Ayatollahs : Islamic fundamentalism is on the wane. National Review | August 30, 1999| | COPYRIGHT 1999 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

A civil war has been under way these last twenty years throughout the Muslim Middle East. The rulers in power, most of them nationalist and in outlook, have had to confront Islamic fundamentalists attempting to overthrow them. This conflict has roots deep in history, for it contains an issue of identity to which no clear answer has yet been found: How exactly is a society to be both modern and Muslim? Much of this civil war has been subterranean, conducted through mutual assassination and other acts of terror. But in Egypt, and even more frighteningly in Algeria, the civil ...

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