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    1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
        
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        45 min
    
    
        During the 1970s the Middle East was a battleground for the Cold War; liberal pro-Western forces battled with pro-Soviet Arab Nationalists and Baathists.
But in 1979 a series of events – the Iranian Revolution, Egypt’s peace with Israel, the Mecca Mosque Siege, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan – contributed to a radical change in the mind-set of the region and its leaders.
It was the start of the meteoric rise of radical Islam.
    
    
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                United Kingdom
            
        
        
        
            Released: 2022-07-01
        
        
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