Roel Meijer

السلفية العالمية الحركات السلفية المعاصرة في عالم متغير

Presents the views of leading Arab intellectuals from countries from Morocco to the Gulf who discuss their own personal and professional perspectives on cosmopolitanism in the Middle East.

Cosmopolitanism, Identity and Authenticity in the Middle East

Edwin Bakker

Scholars have long debated the intentions of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East. Some claim the organization supports terrorism, while others believe it is a positive force for democratization. Though the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe has attracted less attention, many feel they understand the group just as well. They assume it is closely tied to its Middle Eastern counterpart, with detractors regarding it to be a suspicious, secretive, and centrally-led organization increasing the alienation of Europe's Muslims. Sympathizers, on the other hand, see it as a moderate, westernized, and fully-integrated force for good. This volume complicates both these views, with experts providing richer and more impartial perspectives on the critical issues relating to Europe's Muslim Brotherhood. It follows the growth and operation of these organizations within different European contexts and captures their highly specific relationship with non-Muslim media and authority figures.

The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe

Part 1 : Salafist Doctrine 1. On the Nature of Salafi Thought and Action 33 Appendix al-Qaeda's Creed and Path Bernard Haykel 51 2. Between Revolution and Apoliticism: Nasir al-Din al-Albani and his Impact on the Shaping of Contemporary Salafism Stephane Lacroix 58 3. The Transformation of a Radical Concept: al-wala wa-l-bara in the Ideology of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi Joas Wagemakers 81 4. Jihadi-Salafism and the Shi'is: Remarks about the Intellectual Roots of anti-Shi'ism Guido Steinberg 107 5. Salafism in Pakistan: The Ahl-c Hadith Movement Mariam Abou Zahab 126 Part 2 : Salafism and Politics 6. The Salafi Critique of Islamism: Doctrine, Difference and the Problem of Islamic Political Action in Contemporary Sudan Noah Salomon 143 7. Ambivalent Doctrines and Conflicts in the Salafi Movement in Indonesia Noorhaidi Hasan 169 8. Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong as a Principle of Social Action: The Case of the Egyptian al-Jama'a al-lslamiyya Roel Meijer 189 9. Salafi Formations in Palestine: The Limits of a de-Palestinised Milieu Khaled Hroub 221 Part 3 : Jihadi-Salafism 10. Jihadi-Salafis or Revolutionaries? On Religion and Politics in the Study of Militant Islamism Thomas Heggbammer 244 11. Debates within the Family: Jihadi-Salafi Debates on Strategy, Takfir, Extremism, Suicide Bombings and the Sense of the Apocalypse Reuven Paz 267 12. 'Destructive Doctrinairians': Abu Mus'ab al-Suri's Critique of the Salafis in the Jihadi Current Brynjar Lia 281 Part 4 : The Local and the Global in Salafism 13. The Local and the Global in Saudi Salafi Discourse Madawi Al-Rasheed 301 14. How Transnational is Salafism in Yemen? Laurent Bonnefoy 321 15. Growth and Fragmentation: The Salafi Movement in Bale, Ethiopia Terje Qstebo 342 Part 5 : Salafism and Identity 16. Salafism in France: Ideology, Practices and Contradictions Mohamed-Ali Adraoui 364 17. The Attraction of'Authentic Islam': Salafism and British Muslim Youth Sadek

Islam's New Religious Movement

Global Salafism

Nils A. Butenschøn

The violent transitions that have dominated developments since the Arab Uprisings demonstrate deep-seated divisions in the conceptions of state authority and citizen rights and responsibilities. Analysing the Middle East through the lens of the ‘citizenship approach’, this book argues that the current diversity of crisis in the region can be ascribed primarily to the crisis in the relations between state and citizen. The volume includes theoretical discussions and case studies, and covers both Arab and non-Arab countries.

The Centrality of Citizenship

The Middle East in Transition

Stéphane A. Dudoignon

Farian Sabahi

Joas Wagemakers

Thomas Pierret

Sabrina Mervin

Mariam Abou Zahab

Bayram Balci

Rainer Brunner

Jean-François Legrain

Joseph Alagha

Reidar Visser

Altay Goyushov

Brecht De Smet

Before the immense changes of the 2011 'Arab Spring', it was Sunni-Shia sectarian rivalry that preoccupied most political analyses of the Middle East. This book presents wide-ranging and up-to-date research that sheds light on the political, sociological and ideological processes that are affecting the dynamics within the Shia and Sunni worlds.

Doctrine, Transnationalism, Intellectuals and the Media

The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships

Roel Meijer

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