The Future of political Religious Groups: Insights from The Mirage

By Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi

In a supplemental analysis to The Mirage, the comprehensive scholarly review of political religious groups in the Arab world, this paper sheds light upon the illusory tactics of political religious groups following the so-called “Arab Spring” in 2011. With particular emphasis on the Muslim Brotherhood, the methodologies of these political groups are laid bare and their true intentions exposed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ZAWYAT ALMAARFEH
• Release date: Apr 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9789948026204

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The Future of Political Religious Groups:

Insights from The Mirage

Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi

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2016

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The Future of Political Religious Groups: Insights from The Mirage

Introduction

Throughout the years that have passed following the outbreak of the so-called Arab Spring in 2011, experiences have revealed how political religious groups endeavor to monopolize the discourse surrounding Islam, shaping it in a way that serves their own narrow goals