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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Main Author: Labat, Séverine (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: St. Martin's Press 1994
In: 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
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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)
ISBN:0312121989
Contains:In: Islamism and secularism in North Africa