The movements did not receive much support from the rural and the elderly population. Just like in any other revolutionary movements, the majority of the members were young and modern. One section consisted of students and scholars who were members of organizations run by fundamentalists. They were young, in their twenties and thirties. Eighty percent were either university students or graduates. Over half came from elite colleges. Over 70 percent were from lower middle-class and were the first in their family to get higher education. (Huntington, 1996, 113) Another section of the movements consisted of the urban middle-class who were mostly lawyers, doctors, or teachers. The third section consisted of those who had immigrated to the cities and needed the help provided by these Islamic organizations. The Resurgence was further motivated by the oil boom during the 1970s which brought with it the power and prestige that the Islamic nations had been hoping to achieve. The oil boom gave them the superiority to finally control the West as the West had previously controlled them. Development refers to the economic and political conditions of a country and whether they are benefiting the inhabitants of the country. The people should be able to read and write, they should be living comfortably, and be healthy. The people should be equipped with all the essentials necessary to lead a comfortable life in a country with a stable form of government. Dependency is the reliance of one country on another country to survive. It leads to the country importing a large amount of products from an economically self- sufficient country and being indebted to that country. The oil boom in the countries such as Saudi Arabia and Libya allowed the Muslims to stop being dependent on the West and to use their wealth to increase development within themselves. In the Asian region, Malaysia which at first had been dependent on the West later followed Japan and Chin...
