Vol. 1 No. 002 (2018): Issue 002

Cover of العدد 2, Almuntaqa

Issue 2 of Almuntaqa (2018) includes the following studies and articles: “The Constant and the Variable in the Attitudes of Moroccan Islamists towards the Civil State” (Hisham Khabbash); “The Muslim Brotherhood's Generational Gap: Politics in the Post-Revolutionary Era” (Doha Samir); “Ta'ifah, Sect and Sectarianism: from the Word and its Changing Implications to the Analytical Sociological Term” (Azmi Bishara); “The Nature of Early Islamic Sources and the Debate Over their Historical Significance” (Hayat Amamu); “Religiosity and its Political Effects” (Dana El Kurd); “History and Society of Iraq between Hanna Batatu and Ali al-Wardi” (Dina Khoury); “Reading the Arab Revolutions: Authoritarianism and the Implications of Change” (Waleed Noueihed); “Review: The Arab Intellectual and Tiananmen Square” (Azzam Amin).

Published: 2018-05-01

المقالات

  • The Constant and the Variable in the Attitudes of Moroccan Islamists towards the Civil State

    Author: Hisham Khabbash (Author)
    11-31

    This study examines the attitudes of Morocco's two main Islamist parties towards the modern civil state, and the extent to which members of the Justice and Charity Movement and the Justice and...

  • The Muslim Brotherhood's Generational Gap: Politics in the Post-Revolutionary Era

    Author: Doha Samir (Author)
    32-52

    This paper examines the internal dynamics of the Muslim Brotherhood. It uses a sociological approach that focuses on the interactions between different generational sections within the movement....

  • Ta'ifah, Sect and Sectarianism: from the Word and its Changing Implications to the Analytical Sociological Term

    Author: Azmi Bishara (Author)
    53-67

    This article, a chapter from the author's recently published book (March 2018) titled, Ta'ifah, Sectarianism and Imagined Sects , attempts to build fundamental conceptual idiomatic distinctions...

  • The Nature of Early Islamic Sources and the Debate Over their Historical Significance

    Author: Hayat Amamu (Author)
    68-79

    This paper approaches issues pertaining to the Arabic/Islamic texts which have been foundational to the early history of Islam. Crucially, these sources cannot be defined as primary sources—they...

Arab Opinion Index Analysis

  • Religiosity and its Political Effects

    Author: Dana El Kurd (Author)
    81-89

    What is the effect of religiosity on public opinion? Islamist religiosity in particular has been linked to a variety of outcomes, including authoritarianism and violence. Nevertheless, many...

Book Reviews

  • History and Society of Iraq between Hanna Batatu and Ali al-Wardi

    Author: Dina Khoury (Author)
    91-101

    The writings of Hanna Batatu and Ali al-Wardi have profoundly shaped our understanding of the society and history of modern Iraq. Batatu's and al-Wardi's distinct methodologies have significant...

  • Reading the Arab Revolutions: Authoritarianism and the Implications of Change

    Author: Waleed Noueihed (Author)
    102-112

    This paper presents a reading of the Arab Revolutions, through research and books published by the ACRPS. In particular, it reflects on the events in Syria, in all their complexity, while...

  • Review: The Arab Intellectual and Tiananmen Square

    Author: Azzam Amin (Author)
    113-118

    Book Title: The Arab Intellectual and the Tiananmen Square Syndrome Author: Amro Othman and Marwa Fikry Place of publication: Beruit Date of publication: October 2016 Publisher: Arab Center for...