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The impact of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt, encroaching European colonial powers, and the rapid decline of the Ottoman Caliphate prompted deep soul-searching among many Muslim thinkers. A major thread in this ferment was an idea of returning to the roots of Muslim faith, to rediscover the vitality and strength to withstand the external pressures.
http://www.uga.edu/islam/hunwick.html
An article on the history of Islam and the impact of revival movements in Africa, by John Hunwick.
http://www.islam101.com/history/people/century20/
Biographies of six Muslim thinkers prominent in the Islamic reawakening of the twentieth century.
http://www.ghazali.net/book4/
An online book by Abdus Sattar Ghazali; examines movements of regeneration and/or revival in the Muslim world from the 18th to the 20th centuries; includes an appendix on "Islam and Politics in Pakistan".
http://www.iol.ie/~afifi/Articles/revival.htm
Traces the development of Islamic revival movements in 20th century Turkey; a paper by Yildiz Atasoy (1996).
http://www.cqpress.com/context/articles/epr_saudi.html
An account of the history and role of the Saudi kingdoms, and the religious-political alliance based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, a Muslim religious reformer.
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