Uncertainty and the Religious Market: The Unexpected Rise of Salafism in Egypt and Tunisia after the Arab Spring
One of the most puzzling developments in the aftermath of the Tunisian Revolution and Tunisia’s transition to democracy was not the electoral success of the Ennahda Party but the rise of Salafis protesting issues ranging from art exhibits to a secular constitution, and at times doing so violently. M...
| Published in: | A journal of church and state |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2021]
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A journal of church and state
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Arab Spring
/ Salafīyah
/ Egypt
/ Tunisia
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | One of the most puzzling developments in the aftermath of the Tunisian Revolution and Tunisia’s transition to democracy was not the electoral success of the Ennahda Party but the rise of Salafis protesting issues ranging from art exhibits to a secular constitution, and at times doing so violently. Meanwhile in Egypt, the electoral success of Salafi parties in the first post-Arab Spring elections as the second biggest bloc after the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party was unexpected. Unlike the predictable electoral success of the Tunisian Ennahda Party and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, both of which pledged to play by the... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csaa004 |