Sadat’s regime deliberately cultivated Islamist groups against secularist policies

Evidence

The regime of Anwar Sadat helped nurture and support the development of these groups in an attempt to turn sharply away from the secularist and statist policies of the previous period. These associations recruited students who were growing increasingly disillusioned with left politics and trained them in the “pure Islamic life” at summer camps. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 331

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The US alternately armed and opposed Islamist forces to preserve its regional domination. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 29; The US held contradictory Islamist allies and enemies simultaneously — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 214; US policy was always split between anti-Soviet and anti-Islamist interests — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 220 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Arab regimes in the 1970s deliberately backed Islamists against secular nationalists and the left #corroborates (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 372
• American Cold War strategy cultivated Islamists against secular nationalism #expands (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 219
• The same Islamist figures who denounced the US conspired with the CIA against nationalists #expands (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 370
• Islamist groups arise from local conditions, not from anti-American plots #complicates (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 376
• Islamism rose from secular nationalist failure, left weakness, and economic crises #complicates (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 323