Political Islam: can it become a loyal opposition?
An edited transcript of a Capitol Hill Conference convened by the Middle East Policy Council on May 4, 1996 in which M. Ahmad, professor of political sciences at Hampton University, and I. W. Zartman, professor of International Organisation and Conflict Resolution at the Johns Hopkins University, di...
| Summary: | An edited transcript of a Capitol Hill Conference convened by the Middle East Policy Council on May 4, 1996 in which M. Ahmad, professor of political sciences at Hampton University, and I. W. Zartman, professor of International Organisation and Conflict Resolution at the Johns Hopkins University, discuss whether or not political Islam can become a loyal opposition group in Middle Eastern countries. Both stress the fact that a loyal opposition presupposes a democratic order which is almost non-existent in most Middle Eastern countries. But whereas Dr. Ahmad holds that political Islam can function as an opposition group within a democratic order Dr. Zartman argues that political Islam and a democratic order cannot be brought together. (DÜI-Mjr) |
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| ISSN: | 1061-1924 |
| Contains: | In: Middle East policy
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