Title: The new political Islam : human rights, democracy, and justice /
Authors: Karagiannis, Emmanuel,
Year: 2018
Subjects: Islam and politics History; Muslim converts Political activity Europe.; Muslims Political activity Europe.; Sunnites Political activity Middle East.; Shiites Political activity Middle East.; Islamic fundamentalism; Human rights advocacy Religious aspects Islam.; Democracy Religious aspects Islam; Justice Religious aspects Islam; Terrorism Religious aspects Islam
Abstract: Islamist political parties and groups are on the rise throughout the Muslim world and in Muslim communities in the West. Owing largely to the threat of terrorism, political Islam is often portrayed as a monolithic movement embodying fundamentalism and theocracy, an image magnified by the rise of populism and xenophobia in the United States and Europe. Reality, however, is far more complicated. Political Islam has evolved considerably since its spectacular rise decades ago, and today it features divergent viewpoints and contributes to discrete but simultaneous developments worldwide. This is a new political Islam, more global in scope but increasingly local in action. Emmanuel Karagiannis offers a sophisticated analysis of the different manifestations of contemporary Islamism. In a context of global economic and social changes, he finds local manifestations of Islamism are becoming both more prevalent and more diverse. Many Islamists turn to activism, still more participate formally in the democratic process, and some, in far fewer numbers, advocate violence-a wide range of political persuasions and tactics that reflects real and perceived political, cultural, and identity differences.