@article {Ashour:Autumn 2007:0026-3141:596,
	author = "Ashour, Omar",
	title = "Lions Tamed? An Inquiry into the Causes of De-Radicalization of Armed Islamist Movements: The Case of the Egyptian Islamic Group",
	journal = "The Middle East Journal",
	volume = "61",
	year = "Autumn 2007",
	abstract = "This article examines the factors that may lead previously radical and militant Islamist movements to de-radicalize, and in so doing alter their ideologies, strategies, and objectives. In particular it will focus on the process of de-radicalization of the Egyptian Islamic Group, a former ally of al-Qa'ida. It will conclude with a tentative framework explaining the causes behind de-radicalization as well as policy recommendations.",
	pages = "596-625(30)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mei/mei/2007/00000061/00000004/art00003"
}