POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula, Fatah, Iranian Revolution
21 Dec 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Terminologies a variety of terms that have been used to discuss aspects of islamist political movements: Islam vs. islamist, fundamentalist, jihadist, salafi, takfiri, radical vs. Moderate, establishment vs opposition, modernist vs. conservative vs revivalist, salafist. Post-islamism: acceptance of state and democratic politics; not necessarily liberal. Founded in 1928 by hasan al-banna (current general guide: muhammed badie, who has been arrested: favors reislamicization of egyptian society from below, through preaching, charitable acts, formed by paramilitary secret apparatus in 1930s. Small part of the mb that was engaged against the british in the suez canal. Fjp-led coalition won 37% of the vote in 2011 election salafist coalition, led by al-nour, won. 28: mohamed morsi won 25/52% of the vote in 2012 presidential election. Overthrown in 2013 coup: declared illegal, leadership arrested (around a couple thousand were killed in 2013) Morsi was sentenced to death, that he had conspired with hezbollah, had organized a jailbreak, etc. , basically everything the regime didn"t like.
