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Islam and Exceptionalism in American Political Discourse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2013

Peter Mandaville*
Affiliation:
George Mason University

Extract

The phenomenal success achieved by Islamic political parties in the wake of the Arab uprisings of 2011 is one of the most significant and frequently noted developments to follow from those momentous events. Within a few months of the demise of long-standing authoritarian regimes, Islamist groups that had been banned and oppressed for decades found themselves flourishing. Soon El-Nahda in Tunisia and then Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood tasted victory in constituent assembly, legislative, and eventually presidential elections. A new area of political Islam in power had seemingly arrived.

Type
Symposium: Teaching about the Middle East Since the Arab Uprisings
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2013

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