PSC 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Islamic Democracy, Al-Wasat Party, Mohamed Morsi
28 Aug 2016
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The leading source of the al-qaeda organization was to come from egypt: the jihadist part of islamism. In addition to the description of the history of islamism in egypt and general history of. Beginning with the four types of islamism: salafism, takfirism, islamic democracy, jihadism. Nostalgia for the past is a part of discourse for most islamists. It was a failure because it collided with socialism in the 1950s. After the revolution of 1952, the military that comes to power was to eventually become pro soviet. The impact of the cold war is to influence egypt as well, particularly from 1954-1991 the. Us influenced and promoted muslim brother hood as far as it would be instrumental in containing soviet influence. In the revolution of 2011, there were some democratic activists that would accuse the. Us of plotting takeover so brotherhood would come to power.
