Islam: Images, Politics, Paradox
(Middle East Report 221, Winter 2001)

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Editorial

UP FRONT
first writing since
   suheir hammad

Hamas Stands Down?
   Charmaine Seitz

Afghanistan in the Balance
   Patricia Gossman

Descent into Disaster? Afghan Refugees
   Margaret Emery and Hiram Ruiz

Lucknow Dispatch: War, Riots and Secularism
   Shalini Mathur and Richa Nagar

ARTICLES
Islam and the Politics of Community and Citizenship
   Sami Zubaida

Islam and the Theology of Power
   Khaled Abou El Fadl

The Paradox of Islamist Politics
   Salwa Ismail

Uzbek Islamism: Imported Ideology or Grassroots Movement?
   Alisher Ilkhamov