Toward the light / Hasan al-Banna -- The Islamic law / Sayyid Abu'l-A'la Mawdudi -- Muslim decadence and revival / Sayyid Abu'l-Hasan'Ali Nadwi -- Signposts along the road ; In the shade of the Qur'an / Sayyid Qutb -- Islamic government / Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini -- The general framework of the Islamic economy / Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr -- The Islamic state / Hasan al-Turabi -- Islam and democracy / Yusuf al-Qaradawi -- The human status of woman in the Qur'an / Murtaza Mutahhari -- An Islamist activist ; From Days of my life, chapter 2 / Zaynab al-Ghazali -- Modernity, Muslim women, and politics in the Mediterranean / Nadia Yassine -- The neglected duty / Muhammad'Abd al-Salam Faraj -- The present rulers and Islam: are they Muslims or not? / 'Umar'Abd al-Rahman -- Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) of Palestine / Hamas -- Islamic unity and political change ; September 11th, terrorism, Islam, and the Intifada /Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah -- A new layeha for the Mujahidin ; An interview with a Taliban commander / The Taliban -- Declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places / Usama bin Laden -- Final instructions / Muhammad'Ata al-Sayyid.