Inspired with the Islamist Revolution of 1979 in Iran, Islamist movements throughout the Middle East have confronted the regimes in their respective countries, with the Islamist goal of replacing them with Islamist regimes. Egypt and Turkey are not exceptions. Although differed …
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The rise of religious movements across civilizations has challenged long held expectations concerning the ultimate separation of religion and politics. The predominance of Islamic movements in Turkey is especially puzzling, given that it is arguably the most secularized country …
In Turkey, Islamists and secularists have long battled to control public opinion. Secularists have attempted to lock religion into the private sphere. For their part, Islamists have struggled to gain and maintain public visibility. On each side, activists have exerted pressures …
In post Cold War politics, as a powerful alternative to the authoritarian "status-quo" regimes of the Muslim World, Islamism has become among the most critical political issues as various Islamist movements increasingly challenge governments for more political reforms, democrati…
This paper provides an analysis of Hizbullah's Islamic-Lebanese identity and its behavior as a Lebanese political party. In an effort to understand the party's political behavior, the paper begins with a theory section in which Shi'i conceptions of the relationship between Islam…
This study examines the impact which the demise of Islamic theology ( `ilm al-kalam ) by the fifteenth century C.E. has had on modern Islamic thought, and explores the correlation between anti-theological discourse and the rise of Islamism in the twentieth century. The socio-pol…
This study explores Islamism's interplay with higher education as the movement advances an agenda for worldwide reformation. Over an eighty-year period, Islamism has appropriated higher education institutions, professional associations, on- and off-campus organizations, and publ…
The past two decades have witnessed a dramatic growth in Middle Eastern satellite television. The corresponding diversification of content and restructuring of media power in the region raise many important questions for research. This dissertation is a case study of Huda TV, an…
Seventeen years have passed since the Somali state collapsed in 1991. Yet, although the international community, employing liberal approaches to peacebuilding, has made repeated attempts to end the civil war, all of the externally imposd solutions failed to establish neither dur…
This dissertation presents cultural alterity and universalistic interaction as a postcolonial alternative to Euro-centrism. I analyze the Anglo-Egyptian/Misri oriental and colonial discourses before and during the colonization of Egypt (1800-1952). The dissertation also investig…
This research examines the root causes of Islamism among the sedentary Fulbe of Northern Cameroon. The study attempts to draw the implications for the development of contextual theological responses to Islamism. The author begins with issues pertaining to the related theoretical…
This study explores the appeal and limitations of Islamic revivalism in Morocco. The research is based on historical documents and qualitative interviews with officials, ordinary Muslims, and Islamists. The study traces the birth of the Islamist movement, its early manifestation…
How do norms and discourses travel across cultural difference? How do actors negotiate the constitutive norms of liberal global governance at the juncture of the domestic and the international? This project provides an answer to these questions by developing a performative accou…
Moderation theory posits that inclusion in the political process will lead extremist parties to abandon violence and play by the rules of the political game. Despite voluminous literature on the subject, relatively little has been written about moderation theory as it relates to…
Over the last twenty years, once it was commonly understood that a significant number of Muslim immigrants had created a stable presence in the West, most European and North American governments felt the need to find individuals and organizations that could be identified as repr…
Why do some Islamist movements adopt militancy as a strategy of opposition, while others seek to effect change from within existing political systems through grass-roots education and missionary work or political participation? More broadly, how do Islamist movements choose amon…
Islamism takes many forms, ranging from electoral participation to revolutionary terrorism and global jihad, and influences the politics of virtually every country around the globe. The guide examines the movement's diverse groups, ideas, and activities, including the beliefs, o…
A political, social, and cultural battle is currently raging in the Middle East. On one side are the Islamists, those who believe Islam should be the region's primary identity. In opposition are nationalists, secularists, royal families, military establishments, and others who v…
"A political, social, and cultural battle is currently raging in the Middle East. On one side are the Islamists, those who believe Islam should be the region's primary identity. In opposition are nationalists, secularists, royal families, military establishments, and others who …