Power Struggles in the Middle East

ISBN: 9781784534332 出版年：2016 页码：318 Eva Dingel Bloomsbury Publishing

Who are the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizbullatwo movements - one Sunni and one Shi'a - have in common? Despite being classifiof countries as 'terrorist' organisationfact serious political players in the states in which they operate - Egypt and Lebanon. Both have, at various points, advocated pan-Islamism: the unity of Muslims under an Islamic state or caliphatthan considering them as extremist religious movements, Eva Dingel here studies them as players within the political process. She considers why, at certain points, thconventional political rules, while during other periods, they have applied different, more extreme, methods of political protest. Dingel's comparative history of two of the most prominent political Islamist movements sheds light on the complex - and often misunderstood - interaction between Islam and politics in the Middle East. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the changing dynamics of politics in the Islamic world.