The Politicisation of Islam: A Case Study of Tunisia

ISBN-13: 9780367318888 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019

Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi

Opis

The Politicisation of Islam: A Case Study of Tunisia traces the emergence, rise, and recent eclipse of the modern Tunisian Islamic movement, al-Nahda, and provides a comprehensive analysis of its political, social, and intellectual discourse. The first two chapters concentrate on the factors behind the emergence of al-Nahda and its politicization.

Spis treści

System of Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction -- The Emergence of the Tunisian Islamic Movement -- The Politicisation Process -- Islamists v. Bourguiba: 1981-1987 -- Islamists v. Ben Ali: 1987-1993 -- The Basis for a "Political" Islam -- The Islamists' Islamic State -- Issues of Identity and Westernisation -- Conclusion -- The Founding Manifesto of Harakat al-Ittijah al-Islami (1981) -- The Manifesto of Al-Nahda Movement of Tunisia (1988) -- The Islamic Basis of Our Foreign Policy -- Dedication

O autorze

Mohamed E. Hamdi is the editor in chief of The Diplomat, an English-Arabic magazine for the dialogue of cultures and civilizations, and the editor in chief of Al-Mustakillah, a Pan-Arab weekly newspaper.