Post-Islamism in Tunisia and Egypt
Contradictory Trajectories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4843793 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Houssem Ben Lazreg (0000-0002-3635-8990, University of Alberta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 408 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12060408 |
| OpenAlex | W3171991850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 34 |
In the wake of the Tunisian Revolution of 2011, Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi distanced his party from the main Islamist paradigm, which is spearheaded primarily by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and announced the separation of the religious movement entirely from its political wing (al-Siyasi and al-da'awi). In addition to reassuring Tunisians that Ennahda's socio-political project is rooted in its "Tunisianity," these measures aimed at signaling Ennahda's joining the camp of post-Islamist parties and Muslim democrats such as the AKP in Turkey and the JDP in Morocco. In this article, using the comparative case studies, I examine the patterns, similarities, and differences between the Tunisian Ennahda party and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in terms of their evolutions from an Islamist to a post-Islamist discourse and identity. I argue that the Ennahda party outpaced the Muslim Brotherhood in that shift considering the local/regional realities and the new compromises dictated by the post-revolutionary political processes in both countries. Although the Muslim Brotherhood managed to come to power and govern for only one year before being deposed by the army, Ennahda's political pragmatism (consensus, compromise, and coalition) enabled it to fare well, ultimately prodding the party to adapt and reposition itself intellectually and politically
Compromise · Islam · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Sociology · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Political and Social Issues · Political Conflict and Governance
The Making of the Tunisian Revolution
Political Islam in Tunisia
The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics
Post-Islamism
The Awakening of Muslim Democracy
Making Islam Democratic
The Muslim Brotherhood in Contemporary Egypt
Transformation of the Ennahda Movement from Islamic Jama’ah to Political Party
The Normative Power of Secularism. Tunisian Ennahda's Discourse on Religion, Politics, and the State (2011–2016)
Critical Theory and Political Modernity
When Victory Is Not an Option
Islamist Radicalisation in North Africa
The Many Faces of Political Islam
Face to Face with Political Islam
The Egyptian movement for change
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Conception of Citizenship Rights in Egypt
Post-Islamism
Protecting the Sacred
Upended Path
Understanding the Success of Mass Civic Protest in Tunisia
The Metamorphosis of the Egyptian Muslim Brothers
The Accommodationists Speak
After the Arab Spring
Debate
Neo-Islamism in the post-Arab Spring
L'entrée dans une ère postislamiste
The Islamists in Tunisia between confrontation and participation
An Islamist 'renaissance'? Religion and politics in post-revolutionary Tunisia
A Matter of Framing
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |