Neo-Islamism in the post-Arab Spring

Chamkhi, Tarek

doi:10.1080/13569775.2014.970741

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“…The series of public protests across the MENA region that erupted first in 2010 and became known as the Arab uprisings has brought Political Islam and Islamist parties back on to the region's agenda. 4 Although Islamists were late to join the demonstrators calling for economic and political reforms, some have argued that Islamists hijacked the Arab Spring. 5 According to Katerina Dalacoura, "None of the 2011 uprisings in the Arab Middle East was led by Islamist movements or had a predominantly Islamist agenda. "…”

Section: Islamist Parties and Post-islamism Revisited After The Uprismentioning

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“…16 For Wright, neo-Islamists can be described as "progressive, pragmatic and striving for sharia's goals rather than its literal implementation. " 17 Thus, the notion of post-Islamism -which was put forward in response to the changes in Islamist politics and agenda after the 1990s-may not be sufficient to define and contextualize the role of al-Nahda and other Islamist parties, and their compliance with democratic values and embracement of the liberal market economy in the post-uprisings era. Islamist parties' realignment with liberal-democratic procedures and the implementation of personal status legislation does not mean that their Islamist character has eroded.…”

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The Paradox of Inclusion/Exclusion of Islamist Parties in Tunisia and Jordan after the Arab Uprisings: A Comparative Study

Köprülü¹

2020

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The public protests that engulfed most Arab regimes in 2011 have since opened a Pandora's Box of democratization processes in the MENA region. One of the upshots of the popular uprisings has been the empowerment of the key opposition group in the region, i.e. mainly Islamist actors. Despite the electoral victories of Islamist political parties after decades of political exclusion, the Islamist movement and its agenda in the post-Arab Spring era have followed different trajectories in various countries around the region. This article aims to explore the divergent trajectories of two countries in the region, namely the inclusion of Islamists in the case of Tunisia and their exclusion in the case of Jordan. As a corollary, the divergent domestic and regional contexts shaping the politics of Islamist parties will be explored.

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Section: Islamist Parties and Post-islamism Revisited After The Uprismentioning

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The Paradox of Inclusion/Exclusion of Islamist Parties in Tunisia and Jordan after the Arab Uprisings: A Comparative Study

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2020

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“…The PJD since then has begun to represent the key largest political party in Morocco characterized as neo ‐Islamist or post ‐Islamist party in the post‐2011 era (Chamkhi, ). The Party has its roots in the Islamist group Al‐Shabiba al‐Islamiya (the Islamist Youth) — the first Islamist movement in Moroccan history — and was established in 1967.…”

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“…Some argued that the Arab uprisings were hijacked by Islamists precisely with the electoral victories of al‐Nahda in Tunisia, Ikhwan in Egypt and the PJD in the Moroccan example (Bradley, ). In fact, the reverse has been the case in the post‐uprisings period, with Islamist parties having their “Islamist character” doubted (Chamkhi, ). For instance, Wegner and Pellicer () argue that Morocco’s PJD has retained its moderate stand, despite the reversal of political reforms launched in the aftermath of the upheavals.…”

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Are Monarchies Exceptional to the Arab Uprisings? The Resilience of Moroccan Monarchy Revisited

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Abdulmajeed

2018

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With the onset of the Arab uprisings at the end of 2010 and the emergence of popular demonstrations that raised the issue of crises of legitimacy across the Arab states, the literature on democratization in the Middle East and North African (MENA) studies has taken on new dimensions recently. One of the primary theoretical debates that has surfaced in the post-2011 era has revolved around on whether or not the demonstrations will lead to regime change or increased authoritarianism in the MENA region. One of the crucial developments of the Arab Spring has, then, been the overthrow of some long-standing rulers like Ben Ali of Tunisia and Mubarak of Egypt, as well as the questioning of authoritarian regimes by the masses. The public protests submerged some Arab republics, but monarchies found ways to overcome the public outcry through containing the opposition. This paper, therefore, takes the monarchy of Morocco as a case study with the aim of analyzing the methods and regime-survival strategies the regime has employed to sustain itself and consolidate power in the post-2011 Arab uprisings era. Additionally, the role of the Justice and Development Party as an emerging threat in the postdemocratization era, and the changing nature of the party's relations with the palace, will be addressed.

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“…Observers have characterized the Arab World as the epitome of ideological wars in the aftermath of the Arab Spring (Bayat, ; Chamkhi, ; Elsayyad, ; Esposito, Sonn, & Voll, ; Stepan & Linz, ). Those depictions, nonetheless, have not been consistent.…”

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The Determinants of Political Cleavages in Jordan, Tunisia, and Yemen: An Analysis of Political Attitudes Structure in the Arab World

Abduljaber¹

2018

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This article investigates the determinants of political cleavages composing the structure of political attitudes in Jordan, Tunisia, and Yemen following the Arab Spring. Further, it tests whether political cleavages carry predictive weight on ordinary citizens’ electoral choices in general elections. Using the Sixth Wave of the World Values Survey, discriminant analysis was conducted to generate the dimensionality, type, and structure of political attitudes in the three nations. Findings suggest that the structure of political attitudes in Jordan, Tunisia, and Yemen is multidimensional: the Islamic‐Secular division, a conflict along economic policy visions and an emerging divisive dimension concerning political reform. Evidence indicates that political cleavages do not possess significant predictive power in determining voters’ choice at elections booths. This research also points to the significance of social transformation processes such as modernization and globalization in causing a shift in values among ordinary citizens in the Arab World. This research argues that in countries where the effects of modernization and globalization are higher, a weakening of the Islamic‐Secular division is witnessed. This research is important since it paves the way for further empirical analysis on political ideology in the Middle East. It shatters conjectures concluding that Arab polities are only divided by a single hierarchical dimension: Islamic‐Secular. It contributes to comparative research on the dimensionality of political ideology by showing that the Arab World is similar to the industrialized world in the dimensionality, nature, and structuration of political ideology.

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Neo-Islamism in the post-Arab Spring

Cited by 17 publications

References 11 publications

The Paradox of Inclusion/Exclusion of Islamist Parties in Tunisia and Jordan after the Arab Uprisings: A Comparative Study

The Paradox of Inclusion/Exclusion of Islamist Parties in Tunisia and Jordan after the Arab Uprisings: A Comparative Study

Are Monarchies Exceptional to the Arab Uprisings? The Resilience of Moroccan Monarchy Revisited

The Determinants of Political Cleavages in Jordan, Tunisia, and Yemen: An Analysis of Political Attitudes Structure in the Arab World

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