Islamic radicalism in North Africa
Subtitle: force works, for now
By: by William H. Lewis and Judith S. Yaphe
Contributors: Yaphe, Judith Share, 1944-; National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies
Series: Strategic forum -- no. 88
Publisher: National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies
Published: 1996
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Islam and politics -- Africa, North; Africa, North -- Politics and government
Description: Islamists in the Arab states of North Africa are having little success in gaining political power. This is due to repressive security measures and popular despair over the violence on both sides, especially in Algeria and Egypt. Islamists in Algeria lost the presidential election held in November 1995, and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt bowed to government tactics of arrests and a ban on political activity in elections held last fall. The governments of Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco have probably reached a plateau in their use of intimidation tactics against Islamist critics. They seem to lack the imagination or will to try new, less dire strategies for dealing with opponents. As long as coercion seems to work, they will have little incentive to reform. As the more violent Islamic radical movements lose momentum, the risk increases that they will carry their struggle abroad. Over the past year, Egyptian diplomats in Europe and South Asia have been the targets of terrorist attacks, and Algerian extremists have been responsible for terrorism in France.
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