From Western Europe to Asia, from the Middle East to the Horn of Africa,
societies are finding themselves under growing assault from radical Islamist
forces. In some countries, such as Spain and France, the challenge posed by
radical Islam is still limited in scope and embryonic in nature. But in others,
including Somalia and Pakistan, it poses a mortal danger to the future of the
existing state. The World Almanac of Islamism is the first comprehensive
reference work to detail the global reach of Islamism across six continents.
Each country study, written by leading subject-matter experts, examines the full
scope of the Islamist phenomenon, from the activities