Rached Ghannouchi's test

Political Islam and democracy in Tunisia

Bibliographic Data

ID2137906
AuthorsShaul Bartal (0000-0002-1617-860X, Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume79
Issue1
Pages110-124
Publication date2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00020184.2020.1732190
OpenAlexW3010335373
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited14

The purpose of this study is to closely examine Tunisia’s Rached Ghannouchi (Arabic: Rāshid al-Ghannūshī), the head of the Islamic movement in Tunisia, Ennahdha. Tunisia has a unique experience in Political Islam. I have examined the above personality and his political affiliation as a case study for this paper. Some new incidents have emerged lately in Tunisia that appear to be pointing to new, up-coming changes in the political life in that country. This paper will introduce these changes in Tunisia and their expected effects. For the purpose of this article, modern Islam no longer refers to Islamists as demanding a monopoly of power and imposing sharia law. Rather, it presents it as a means of achieving political goals. How Rāshid al-Ghannūshī has acted and what his thoughts have been since the Tunisian revolution (2011) up until 2017 are discussed in this paper

Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Islam · Market economy · Monopoly · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sharia · Sociology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Political Conflict and Governance

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