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Middle East Review of International Affairs
State and Islamism in the Maghreb
by Aziz Enhaili and Oumelkheir Adda
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Abstract
Each of the three Maghreb states—Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco—dealt differently with internal Islamist movements. This study explains how these differences are derived from three factors: each state’s distinctive political framework, historical context of formation, and development level of their own civil societies. In this context, each of these states has developed its own model for handling Islamism. Equally, each movement has expressed itself differently within these varied environments.
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Endnotes
Note *: M. Aziz Enhaili is a doctoral candidate in political science at Laval University in Canada. He is the author of the recent article, “Pluralism and Islamism: The Moroccan Case,” (in French: Pluralisme et islamisme. Le cas du Maroc), in Marie-Hélène Parizeau & Souheil Kash (Eds.), Pluralism, Modernity & the Arab World, (Québec-Bruxelles-Beyrouth: PUL-Bruylant-Delta, 2001), pp. 159-178, as well as the forthcoming article, “The stakes of Political Transition in Morocco” (in French: “Les enjeux de la transition politique au Maroc”), Les Cahiers de l'Orient. He is the author of numerous other articles focusing on events in North Africa.
Mme Oumelkheir Adda is a political analyst, former chairwoman of the Circle of Reflection on the Arab World based at Laval University, and member of the organizing committee of a colloquium on ‘Political Change in Morocco,’ held at Laval University in Winter 2000. Back