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Index<br />
Iron Guard (Romania), 56<br />
ironside, Edmund, 192, 294n15<br />
irreducibility: of anti-shah movement, 263,<br />
266; of Islamist movement, 15, 85;<br />
meaning of, 296n43; of strength to<br />
oppose state power, 203; usage of<br />
term, 130, 170<br />
Isaac <strong>and</strong> Abraham, 55<br />
Isfahan, Iran, 200<br />
"Is It Useless to Revolt?" (Foucault),<br />
129-30, 263-67<br />
Islam: au<strong>the</strong>ntic, 60-61; compared<br />
to Christianity, 224-26, 237;<br />
disenchantment in, 237; enemies of<br />
Muslims, 228-29; fear of incursion<br />
<strong>and</strong>, 226; formation of new fo rms<br />
of government <strong>and</strong>, 244, 300n102;<br />
fundamentalist (see Islamism);<br />
homosexuality <strong>and</strong>, 143, 144, 155-<br />
62; ideological movements in, 243;<br />
"immobility" of, 82; as instrument of<br />
power, 232; leftist ideology in, 238;<br />
militant, 164, 279n1; nationalism<br />
<strong>and</strong>, 229-30; as powder keg, 4, 107,<br />
239-41 ; as refuge, 200; religion as<br />
"opium of <strong>the</strong> people" <strong>and</strong>, 186;<br />
as resource for resistance, 208;<br />
revisionism in, 230; sexuality in<br />
marriage <strong>and</strong>, 156; social organization<br />
<strong>and</strong>, 224-25, 235; values of, 206,<br />
270; Western hatred of, 210. See also<br />
Islamism; shariat; Shi'ism; Sufism;<br />
Sunnism; <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r Islamic entries<br />
Islam <strong>and</strong> Capitalism (Rodinson), 99<br />
Islamic Committees, 273<br />
Islamic fundamentalism, 279n1, 299n86.<br />
See also Islamism<br />
Islamic government: Atoussa H. on,<br />
209; dangers of, 108-9; Foucault's<br />
description of, 89-90; human rights<br />
guaranteed in, 272; as an ideal,<br />
205, 206, 208, 271; limitations<br />
0[, 23 1 -32, 236, 237; meaning of,<br />
206-9, 270, 274; mullah compared to<br />
Roman Tribune, 277; obligations of<br />
government <strong>and</strong>, 261-63; plebiscite<br />
<strong>and</strong>, 110; as political wilL 208, 271;<br />
331<br />
reservations about, 81, 83, 90, 91, 92;<br />
Rodinson on, 235-36; Soviet Union<br />
on danger of, 214<br />
"Islamic Government" (Khomeini),<br />
285n22<br />
Islamic law, 100, 210, 231-32. See also<br />
shariat<br />
Islamic movement, global reach of, 107-8<br />
Islamic Republic, prodamation of, 272<br />
Islamic Salvation Front (PIS) of Algeria, 166<br />
Islamism: as alternative to capitalism<br />
<strong>and</strong> communism, 128; au<strong>the</strong>nticity<br />
argument, 176-77; as "blowback"<br />
from war in Afghanistan, 168; "dash<br />
of civilizations" argument <strong>and</strong>,<br />
171-72; definition of, 279n1; as form<br />
of archaic fascism, 168; fringe groups<br />
of, 167; Iraq war <strong>and</strong>, 168; leftists as<br />
supporters of, 200; loss of base by,<br />
167; Marxism <strong>and</strong> Islam as one <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> same, 63; minimum requirements<br />
of, 235-36; multiple sites of resistance<br />
to, 173-75; neglect of traditional<br />
Muslim rituals in, 40; passions of<br />
shared by Foucault, 39; <strong>and</strong> politics<br />
since 1979, 163-68; post-September<br />
11 realignment <strong>and</strong>, 167; as powder<br />
keg, 4, 1 07, 23 9-4 1 ; repudiated in<br />
Algeria, 166; resurgence of, 223-28;<br />
roots of, 39-40; Sadat <strong>and</strong>, 166-67;<br />
social agenda of, 171; as syn<strong>the</strong>sis,<br />
40; term as alternative to "Islamic<br />
fundamentalism," 279n1, 299n86;<br />
varieties of, 163, 293n1. See also<br />
Shi'ism; Islamic entries<br />
Islamiyeh, village of, 190<br />
Islamiyehs, creation of, 78<br />
"Islam Resurgent? " (Rodinson) , 6, 99,<br />
223-38, 271, 287n24<br />
Isma'il (shah), 42<br />
Israel, 58, 64, 166, 191, 228, 229, 240, 260,<br />
274, 290n4, 296n45. See also Palestine<br />
Ithna Ahshri. See Twelver Shi'ism<br />
/acobin liberalism, 228<br />
/aleh Square (Tehran), 65<br />
/ami (poet), 156