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Empty-hearted secularism

Modern Turkey has never experienced as extended a period of stability and economic growth as it has under the last government. This government was led by the Justice and Development Party, which just scored another major electoral triumph in the Turkish general elections. In its victory speeches, the Islamist party pledged to safeguard the constitution of Turkey’s secular republic. As I recall, in the trial over the murder of the Egyptian writer Farag Fouda, some mainstream members of ..

Deconstructing Islamist Participation

At a time when Islamist movements across the Arab world have chosen to participate in official political processes, grave concerns have arisen over the nature and repercussions of this participation and over whether the Islamists are equipped to rule should they rise to power through democratic means. Because of the diversity of Islamists’ awareness of, and approach to, such issues, any analysis of these questions must steer clear of generalities (and the reproduction of generalities) ..

Lessons from Turkey

Islamists in the region are again sweeping the polls. On Sunday Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (JDP) won 47 per cent of the vote in parliamentary elections, reigniting the debate on the popular appeal of Islamist parties, with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood particularly excited about a result they view as boosting their own project...

Worried About The Future, Mr. Akef’s Interview With Al-Ahram Weekly

The Muslim Brotherhood"s Chairman Mohamed Mahdi Akef remains defiant in the face of a major security clampdown. The arrests of Brotherhood members, he tells Amira Howeidy, will not alter their path

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The following interview was conducted before the National Democratic Party"s fourth convention and Pope Benedict"s controversial statements on Islam and the Prophet Mohamed...