Between the Koran and the "Kalashnikov": Features of the Egyptian Islamism in 1970–1981
The article is devoted to the specifics and peculiarities of the formation of the Egyptian Islamic-fundamentalist movement in the 1970s. Particular emphasis is placed on the analysis of the causes of radicalisation of Islamist theory and practice, which resulted in the emergence of armed groups who saw in the jihad against the “infidel” regime and society the only way for the triumph of Islamic norms and orders on Egyptian land.