Write a 750-word essay addressing the following prompt.
This course started with the claim that the following three separate events in 1979 helped spread Islamism: the Iranian revolution, the hijacking of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, and the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan. What if none of these three events happened? What would have happened to national Islamism in Pakistan and Egypt? What would have happened in Saudi Arabia and Iran? Would nationalist (Palestinian, Afghan, Chechnyan, Dagestani, etc) Islamism have developed? Would transnational Islamism have developed? Would militant (jihadist) Islamism of al-Qaeda and ISIS have developed?
Your assessments should not be impressionistic but should instead be supported by the concepts and evidence that you find appropriate. In other words, you should justify them.
Providing direct quotes in the take-home final essay is uncustomary.If you reference the textbooks or the outside sources, you should indicate so with footnotes or endnotes. Lastly, the manuscript style (APA, Harvard, Chicago, MLA) for this assignment is of your choice.
Content
30 points – national Islamism
30 points – nationalist Islamism
15 points – transnational Islamism
15 points – transnational jihadism
Style
5 points – spelling/grammar/readability
5 points – overall organization