Democratisation in Egypt From A Historical Perspective: Problems, Pitfalls and Prospects

Kurun, İsmail

doi:10.18657/yecbu.53810

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“…Muslim Brotherhood was considered as moderate movement compared to another marginal Islamist movement such like al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya which violently protest against regime in 1990s. Muslim Brotherhood members asked for the license to become a political party, but in that period the regime of Hosni Mubarak refused as their attitude towards Islamist movement was negative (Kurun, 2015). Mashhur manages the Brotherhood until 2002 as he was kind of a leader who steeped in the older ideology of Muslim Brotherhood (Meijer, 2012).…”

Section: B the Brotherhood And Salafi In Egyptmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Likewise, military gave a 48-hour ultimatum and the head of Egyptian Army General Abd el-Fattah al-Sisi whom selected by Morsi himself did the coup and declared Morsi's detention along with suspension of the constitution. As al-Sisi steps up to the presidential position after his arrangement with Adly Mansour as the interim, he remained as the authoritarian regime and perpetuate his reign by winning absurd election in 2014 and again in 2018, though the voters were participated only 40 per cent of Egypt population (Kalyoncu, 2017;Kurun, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Egyptian Policy Based on Insights of History of Muslim Movement and Salafi Movement

Ramadhan¹

2020

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The aftermath of the Arab Spring was leaving a great turnover for many countries as the regime changed, so does Egypt. As one of the most influential countries both in the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt's domestic politics is quite dynamics since immemorial time, from numerous kingdoms, West colonialism until republic under the authoritarian regime in this modern days. For once, the dynamics of politics itself comes from the grass-root level whichever reached the top such as al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun or Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi Movements which caught people’s attention, not only in Egypt but the entire world. Both basically have religious intentions as it is considered Islamic movements except for their differences in political experience, religious interpretation and manners overpower contestation. Although Egypt currently is controlled by a military coup regime that tends to perpetuate the power, the Brotherhood and Salafi Movements which likewise spread to many countries still lurking and it might be consolidating the power to turn back the democracy to Egyptian who suffer from authoritarian style regime ever since the establishment of the nation after independence from British colonialism. This paper is aimed to describe the policy of the Islamic movement in Egypt which is based on religious intention and the interaction with politics and democratic goal from the nature of establishment, during the Arab Spring and the prospect for Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi Movements as the unrest recently occured.

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confidence: 99%

Section: B the Brotherhood And Salafi In Egyptmentioning

confidence: 99%