“In 1967 Egypt was for the third time defeated in war against Israel, and again lost the Sinai Peninsula. This defeat became a symbol of the bankruptcy of secular Arab nationalism, and signaled a profound ideological shift in favor of an alternative project—Islamism.”
P. 98, Peter R. Demant and Asgharali Engineer.
Islam vs. Islamism: The Dilemma of the Muslim World. Greenwood Publishing Group 2006.
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And just look at Egypt now!
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