Islamism and Islamists: The emergence of new types of politico-religious militants
The Islamist movement in Algeria arose out of a competition with official Islam and consists of several groups which in 1989 united into the FIS (Front Islamique du Salut) for electoral reasons. The article gives a profound analysis of the origins of the FIS and its different components - some of wh...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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St. Martin's Press
1994
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Islamism and secularism in North Africa
Year: 1994, Pages: 103-121 |
| Further subjects: | B
Nationalism
B Islam B Political change B Fundamentalism B Opposition B Socialism B Radicalism B Development B Algeria B Islam and politics B Society |
| Summary: | The Islamist movement in Algeria arose out of a competition with official Islam and consists of several groups which in 1989 united into the FIS (Front Islamique du Salut) for electoral reasons. The article gives a profound analysis of the origins of the FIS and its different components - some of whom are willing to work within a pluralistic system others in an Islamic polity only. (DÜI-Mjr) |
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| ISBN: | 0312121989 |
| Contains: | In: Islamism and secularism in North Africa
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