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Author Dingel, Eva, author

Title Power struggles in the Middle East : the Islamist politics of Hizbullah and the Muslim brotherhood / Eva Dingel
Published London : I.B. Tauris, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series Library of modern Middle East studies ; 180
Library of modern Middle East studies ; 180.
Contents Islamist movements as social movements and political actors : a framework for analysis -- The Muslim Brotherhood's strategies : moderation forced by repression -- Hizbullah : expanded action repertoire in a fragile regional and national context -- A comparative perspective on political strategies of Hizbullah and the Egyptian Muslim Brothers
Summary "Who are the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizbullah? What do the two movements - one Sunni and one Shi'a - have in common? Despite being classified by a number of countries as 'terrorist' organisations, both are in fact serious political players in the states in which they operate - Egypt and Lebanon. Both have, at various points, advocated pan-Islamism: the unity of Muslims under an Islamic state or caliphate, but, rather than considering them as extremist religious movements, Eva Dingel here studies them as players within the political process. She considers why, at certain points, they have chosen to play by the conventional political rules, while during other periods, they have applied different, more extreme, methods of political protest. Dingel's comparative history of two of the most prominent political Islamist movements sheds light on the complex - and often misunderstood - interaction between Islam and politics in the Middle East. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the changing dynamics of politics in the Islamic world."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Hizballah (Lebanon)
Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt)
SUBJECT Hizballah (Lebanon) fast
Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) fast
Muslimbruderschaft gnd
Ḥizb Allāh gnd
Subject Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects -- Lebanon
Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects -- Egypt
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects
Politics and government
Machtkampf
SUBJECT Lebanon -- Politics and government -- 1990- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98002763
Egypt -- Politics and government -- 1981-2011. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041327
Subject Egypt
Lebanon
Naher Osten
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781786721150
1786721155
9781786731159
1786731150