The Politicisation Of Islam: A Case Study Of Tunisia

by Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi

Overview

The Politicisation of Islam: A Case Study of Tunisia traces the emergence, rise, and recent eclipse of the modern Tunisian Islamic movement, al-Nahda, and provides a comprehensive analysis of its political, social, and intellectual discourse. The first two chapters concentrate on the factors behind the emergence of al-Nahda and its politicization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367318888
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mohamed E. Hamdi is the editor in chief of The Diplomat, an English-Arabic magazine for the dialogue of cultures and civilizations, and the editor in chief of Al-Mustakillah, a Pan-Arab weekly newspaper.

Table of Contents

System of Translation and Transliteration — Introduction — The Emergence of the Tunisian Islamic Movement — The Politicisation Process — Islamists v. Bourguiba: 1981-1987 — Islamists v. Ben Ali: 1987-1993 — The Basis for a "Political" Islam — The Islamists' Islamic State — Issues of Identity and Westernisation — Conclusion — The Founding Manifesto of Harakat al-Ittijah al-Islami (1981) — The Manifesto of Al-Nahda Movement of Tunisia (1988) — The Islamic Basis of Our Foreign Policy — Dedication

Editorial Reviews

Newspaper editor Hamdi traces the emergence, rise, and recent eclipse of the al-Nahda movement, of which he was part from 1978 to 1992, the period he most intensely discusses. He explores the factors being its creation, its three major confrontations with the Tunisian government that led to its being banned in 1991, the basic concepts of political Islam, the rejection of secularism, the movement's proposal for a modern Islamic state, and Islamists' cultural agenda and insistence of an Islamic identity for Tunisia. Much of the material, as well as the perspective, is not available elsewhere in English. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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