Political Islam: An African Perspective

Hussein Solomon

Contemporary Review of the Middle East, 2015, vol. 2, issue 1-2, 88-103

Abstract: Political Islam continues to gain adherents across the African continent. In an attempt to understand why this is the case, this article explores the historical evolution of political Islam or Islamism. Three case studies are then provided to examine the implementation of this ideology—the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Sudan’s National Islamic Front and Al Shabab in Somalia. In conclusion, we examine the future of political Islam from the perspective of secularism.

Keywords: Political Islam; Islamism; Egypt; Sudan; Somalia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/2347798915577719

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