Book contents
- A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Beginning of PIJ (1967–1988)
- 1 The Roots of PIJ
- 2 Awareness
- 3 Organizing the Movement
- 4 From Students to Militants
- Part II From the First Intifada to the Oslo Agreement (1988–2000)
- Part III From the Second Intifada to the Arab Spring (2000–2017)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - The Roots of PIJ
from Part I - The Beginning of PIJ (1967–1988)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 January 2021
- A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Beginning of PIJ (1967–1988)
- 1 The Roots of PIJ
- 2 Awareness
- 3 Organizing the Movement
- 4 From Students to Militants
- Part II From the First Intifada to the Oslo Agreement (1988–2000)
- Part III From the Second Intifada to the Arab Spring (2000–2017)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter consists of five sections. The first assesses al-Shiqaqi’s teenage years and his turn from Nasserism to Islamism. I then proceed to see how the PIJ founders met in the Egyptian university system, how they organized study circles, and their interaction with, and growing animosity toward, the Muslim Brotherhood. Third, I analyze the importance of the study circles for the emergence of PIJ. I then discuss the Palestinians’ contact with the Egyptian radical groups and the latter’s potential influence on the Palestinian students. Last, I analyze the importance of the Palestinian political landscape and whether changes in its structure (or the lack thereof) contributed to PIJ emerging as it did.
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- A History of Palestinian Islamic JihadFaith, Awareness, and Revolution in the Middle East, pp. 13 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021