Monday, February 07, 2011

Yes, It's Still Islamism and Not Nationalism

Previously, I noted Menachem Klein's new "ethnic-security regime" appellation.

But see this (source) from "THE GENERAL ISLAMIC CONGRESS OF JERUSALEM RECONSIDERED" by Basheer M. Nafi published April 2007:-



"Pan-Islamism".
Ever since the 1920s.
"Arab-Islamist movement".
"Arab and Muslim ideals".

More on this aspect of local Arab political activity and ideology, long avoided as the framework dictated was nationalism only can be found here in "Palestinian Islamism: Conflating National Liberation and Socio-political Change" by Khaled Hroub in The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs, 1751-9721, Volume 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 59 – 72. Abstract:

For many decades, mainstream Palestinian Islamists have oscillated between two agendas: Islamising their own society and resisting the Zionist project in Palestine. Prioritising one over the other has always been problematic even if responsive to context and capabilities. Though they emerged in Palestine in the 1940s as the Palestinian chapter of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, it was not until 1987 with the forming of Hamas that these Islamists moved to the forefront of Palestinian politics. Hamas' project espouses "resistance" as a priority, yet without marginalising socio-religious activism, an effective formula that has enabled Hamas to compete with the PLO for Palestinian leadership, culminating in its victory in the 2006 elections.

By the way, pictures from that conference are here and associated issues here.  More background in this article.



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