Political Ascent: Contemporary Islamic Movements In North Africa (Westview Series on State, Culture & Society in Arab North Africa)

288 Pages·1998·28.56 MB·English

by  Emad Eldin Shahin

Political Ascent
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Se&s Edifors
John P. Entelis, Fordham University
Michael Suleiman, Kansas State University
The sh&s and societies ofkab No& h c ah ave long b n ne glected in the
scholarfy literature dealing with the Arab world, the Middle East, and fslm,
excegt in the context of drmatic international events, Yet this region has a rich
historical and euXturd @&tion that oRers important insights into the evolution of
society, the complexity of cultural life, foms of social inkraceon, strategies of
econonic development, and patterns of slate fornation throughout the Welop-
ing world. In addiljon, as the region has assumed more impomnce in geapofiti-
eal bms, bath the United Sates and Europe have homem ore dkectly involved
in its economics and poli~csF. ew books of a scholuly or policy nature, how-
ever, analyze and in&vret recent wends md changes in the constella~ono f rela-
tions between regional and global powers, m sn ew se~es-the first in EngXish
to focus exclusively on No& A~ca-will address impmnt conceptual and.
policy issues from an interdisciplinw prspecdve, giving special emphasis to
questians of political cultufe and pulilical economy.
Polil"E"caAl scent: Contenzporavy fshmr'c Movements in North Afrr;'ca, Emad
Eldin S h ~ n
The Ilro~hA frican Ermironment at. Risk, edited by Will D. Sweitringen and
AbdeElatif Benehe~fa
Poli~an d Socl'e~in C~sntemporavN o ~Ahfr ica, editRd by I. William Zmman
and WiXlim Mmk Habeeb
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Ascent
Contemporary Islamic
Movements in North Africa
Emad Eldin Shahin
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P1 Mernber of ehe IBerseusB cmh Grc~up
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State, Culrwc, and Society In Amb North Afn'm
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Published in 1997 m the United Ststes of Amaica by Weshriew h.5 500 Ceatral Avenue, Boulder.
Colorado 80301-2877. and m thc United Kingdom by Westview Ress. 12 Hid's Copse Road.
Curnnor Hill. Oxford OX2 9JJ
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publidoa LMa
Shahin. Emsd Eldii 1957-
Political ascent : contemporary Islamic in Nolth Africa I Brmd Pldin Shahin.
p. cm.-(State, cultu~a,n d society in Arab North Africa)
Includes bibliogmphical nfemas and indcx.
ISBN 0-8133-2775-X (h~)I SBN 0-8 133-3617-1 (pbk)
1. Islam-Africa, Notth-History-20th centmy. 2. Islam sad
pblitics-~frica, North. 3. Africa. North-Politics and govanmeat
I. litlc. 11. Series: State, culture, and society in Arab North Africa.
BP64.A4N677 1997
3200.5'5'09614~21 9646801
CIP
The papa used in this publication m#ts the r e q o mo f the Amaican National Stlladard for
Permanence of Paper for Printed L i iM atcAs 239.48-1984.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Current Approaches, 7
Notes, l S
2 Islam ia, State Polities
Pre-Colonial Religious Structures, 19
The Colonial StmggIe, 2 1
Islam and the Post-Cotonial State, 35
Conclusion, 56
Notes, 57
3 The Rise and Repression of an Islamic Movement:
Harabt al-Hahda ia Tunisia
Tunisia" S~ocialisDt evelopment, 64
The f slami~T endency Movement, 67
Gaining Ground (1 973-1 979), 73
Turning Political (1979-1 987),82
Ben Ali: hilore of the Same f 1987---Present:)9, 9
Conefusion, 105
Notes, 106
4 From Silent Pratest to Political As-cent:
The Islamic Movemen& in Algeria
The Nation" Twbulent Beginnings, 1 13
Silent Pmtest, 1 16
Mobiiization and Recruitment: IffrlOs, 120
Political. Ascent: 198Os, 125
The Armed Path, I S5
Conclusion, X 60
Notes, 161
5 Under the Shadaw af the Imam:
Morocco" Diverse Islamic Movememb
The Evolution of the Religio-Political Associations, 16 7
The Movement h rR efom and Renewal (WTM):
A Perilous Beginning, 18 1
AI-'Ad1 wa al-Ihsan (Justice md Benevolence), I43
GoncIttsion, 196
Notes, 197
6 The Ideology of Change
Sources of Discontent, 202
Change and the Islamic Model, 220
CancXusion, 235
Notes, 235
7 General Conclusion
&leered Biblioyaphy
About the Book and Author
Index
To the memory of my parents:
Afi and Iffat Shakin