Nationalism and Islamism in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: The Emergence of the Kurdistan Islamic Union

ISBN-13: 9780367228514 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 218 str.

Mohammad Salih Mustafa

Opis

Exploring a new political phenomenon in the Middle East, this book studies the reconciliation of nationalism and Islamism by Islamic political parties in the context of nation states. Islamism in Kurdistan has significantly become framed by the politics of nationalism.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Religious nationalism and Islam  2. From embracing Islam to the dawn of religious nationalism  3. The de facto Kurdistan Region and the rise of religious nationalism  4. Islam and the Kurdistan Islamic Union  5. Democracy and the Kurdistan Islamic Union  6. Nationalism and the Kurdistan Islamic Union  Conclusion

O autorze

Mohammad Salih Mustafa is a lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Soran University, Iraq. He holds a PhD in Ethno-Political Studies. Research interests includes: religious nationalism, Islamism, Kurdistan region, Muslim Brotherhood, counter terrorism and security. His publications include is ‘The Trajectory and Current State of Inta-Kurdish Politics in Kurdistan Region, the Role and Influence of Iran and Turkey’ published in the Turkish Journal of Security Studies (2016).