{"id":5257,"date":"2024-03-28T16:56:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5257"},"modified":"2024-03-28T16:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:58:15","slug":"the-arab-spring-the-end-of-political-islam-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5257","title":{"rendered":"The Arab Spring: The end of political Islam as we know it"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author:<\/b> Abdullah Al-Arian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Affiliation: <\/b>Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Doha, Qatar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> Middle East Eye<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Date\/Place:<\/b> December 25, 2020\/U.K.<\/span><\/p>\n

Type of Literature:<\/b> Analysis<\/span><\/p>\n

Word Count:<\/b> 3,300<\/span><\/p>\n

Link:<\/b>https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/big-story\/arab-spring-end-political-islam-as-we-know-it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Keywords:<\/b> Arab Spring, Tunisia, Ennahda Party, Rached Ghannouchi, France, Coup, Autocracy<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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This article triggers an important debate on the feasibility of an Islamic Movement \u2013 whether power is a means to achieve its goal or the power itself is an end. Its basis is the surprising comments made by Ennahda Party Chair Rached Ghannouchi in meeting with the French ambassador in Tunisia, telling the latter that \u201cdomestic developments within France would not impact Tunisian-French relations, declaring without hesitation our solidarity with the French state and the brotherly French people.\u201d The statement came amid France\u2019s neo-colonial war against Muslims and Islam, when the French state wants to establish its own version of Islam. The author analyzes the internal crisis of various Islamic movements in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia tracing back the genesis of the emergence of popular Islamic activism in the 20th-century. However, the author argues the traditional mission that defined \u201cIslamic activism for much of the past half century is no more,\u201d rather Islamic activists increasingly \u201cadopted political platforms\u201d that sought inclusion within institutions of state power. Detailing two paths that the Islamic Movements adopted, the author says the \u201cpath of da’wa remained relatively constant.\u201d \u201cThe other path resulted from the Islamic movement’s recognition that public advocacy and institution-building alone were insufficient in promoting its vision for society,\u201d he notes. With reference to Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood (in its short period in government), the author points out the tendency of Islamists who rise to government but then avoid angering the invisible establishment, which later results in opening publicly the crevasses within the rank and file of the cadre over basic idealistic Islamic goals. That is how, the author argues, Ennahda and Morocco\u2019s Party of Justice and Development have put \u201cforward a blueprint for Islamist parties to achieve political success.\u201d However, not all have survived in the government and there is a debate among the leadership in the Muslim Brotherhood to reconcile with the respective governments; but the movement is also facing dissension within its ranks which advocates a revolutionary path that would correct the mistakes of the post-Mubarak transition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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