The Clash within Islam

Bibliographic Data

ID13755249
AuthorsEmmanuel Sivan (corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume45
Issue1
Pages25-44
Publication date2003-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSurvival (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-6338 • E-ISSN: 1468-2699
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/survival/45.1.25
OpenAlexW1833807407
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Although radical Islam suffered numerous political defeats in the 1990s, it is still socially and culturally vigorous throughout the Middle East. The retreat of the welfare state in many cash-strapped Arab countries has opened the way for Islamic social organisations to fill the void, creating a new outlet for those critical of secularist elites and frustrated by their lack of political voice. The alternative of liberal Islam, meanwhile, has failed to draw disciples beyond a small minority from the educated classes. The struggle that counts, therefore, is between Islamic radicalism and the authoritarian powers that be

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Islam · Middle East · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society

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