A comparative analysis of three Sunni Muslim organizations on ‘moderate’ and ‘radical’ Islam in Egypt, Morocco and Indonesia

The distinction between ‘moderate’ and ‘radical’ Islam has played a key role in tackling contemporary militant religious extremism. This article examines three prominent Sunni Muslim institutions that uphold this distinction and present themselves as the peaceful and moderate voices of ‘true Islam’,...

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Main Author: Pektaş, Şerafettin 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 190-213
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B al-Azhar University / Nahdatul Ulama / ar- Rābiṭa al-Muḥammadīya li-l-ʿUlamāʾ / Islam / Fundamentalism / Peacable / Self-image
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Morocco
B Countering Violent Extremism
B Egypt
B militant jihadism
B Moderate Islam
B counter theology
B Indonesia
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