POL112H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cooking Oil, Sub-Saharan Africa, List Of Ioc Country Codes
7 Jul 2016
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Politically, believe that government should be based on islamic law (shar"ia) and the koran (islamic fundamentalism) typically socially conservative. Liberal/secular muslims tend to want separation between islam and the law- there is a spectrum. Some islamists see democracy as a western concept, which is not appropriate for muslims. Resist foreign influence in the region & oppose compromise with israel. Represent the main alternative to oppressive regimes, which is why they are popular-regimes. Well organized political & social org. - some cases provide public services when govt. fails to do so. Muslims have voted for islamists in egypt, palestine, iraq, bahrain, and kuwait. Autocrats have refused to accept most of these results dictators are not islamists typically secular, they want to rule how they want to rule. Some arab states have brutally cracked down on islamists egypt arrested, killed, frozen assets on. Us presidents have continually supported democracy, given democracy aid.
