Sadat was assassinated by the Islamic Jihad.
The Arab world is largely characterized by the struggle between traditionalists and modernists. The traditionalists of the Arab world oppose reform. Most Muslims in the Arab world are Sunni Muslims, believing that the first four Caliphs are MuhammadÆs legal successors. Ever since the defeat of Arab forces in the Arab-Israeli war, Western models of society that were secularist and aimed at modernism have been rejected by the Arab world. As Esposito (1998) argues in Islam: The Straight Path, ôThe message seemed clear: relying on the West for its model of development or as an ally had not workedö (166). This war and the eventual revolution in Iran helped garner support for Islamic clerics and traditionalists. Esposito (1998) notes that the ShahÆs overthrow ôbecame tangible corroboration for those who sought explanation for the apparent failures of their governments and bel
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