Political Islam in the Age of Democratization
Published in February 2015
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258 pages
978-1-137-00804-6 (ISBN)
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<p >The continued prominence of Islam in the struggle for democracy in the Muslim world has confounded Western democracy theorists who largely consider secularism a prerequisite for democratic transitions. Kamran Bokhari and Farid Senzai offer a comprehensive view of the complex nature of contemporary political Islam and its relationship to democracy.
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Kamran Bokhari and Farid Senzai
Content
Foreword; Fawaz A. Gerges
1. Introduction: The Role of Religion in Politics
2. The Complexity of Political Islam
3. Theoretical Framework: Democratization and Islamists
4. Participatory Islamists: The Case of the Muslim Brotherhood
5. Conditionalist Islamists: The Case of the Salafis
6. Rejector Islamists: al-Qaeda and Transnational Jihadism
7. Rejector Islamists: Taliban and Nationalist Jihadism
8. Participatory Shia Islamism: The Islamic Republic of Iran
9. Arab Shia Islamism: Hezbollah and Iraqi Shia Islamists
10. Post-Islamism: The Case of Turkey's AKP
11. Conclusion: Prospect for Muslim Democracies