Foreword; Fawaz A. Gerges --. - 1. Introduction: The Role of Religion in Politics --. - 2. The Complexity of Political Islam --. - 3. Theoretical Framework: Democratization and Islamists --. - 4. Participatory Islamists: The Case of the Muslim Brotherhood --. - 5. Conditionalist Islamists: The Case of the Salafis --. - 6. Rejector Islamists: al-Qaeda and Transnational Jihadism --. - 7. Rejector Islamists: Taliban and Nationalist Jihadism --. - 8. Participatory Shia Islamism: The Islamic Republic of Iran --. - 9. Arab Shia Islamism: Hezbollah and Iraqi Shia Islamists --. - 10. Post-Islamism: The Case of Turkey's AKP --. - 11. Conclusion: Prospect for Muslim Democracies
The continued prominence of Islam in the struggle for democracy in the Muslim world has confounded Western democracy theorists who largely consider secularism a prerequisite for democratic transitions. Kamran Bokhari and Farid Senzai offer a comprehensive view of the complex nature of contemporary political Islam and its relationship to democracy. ; https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/1111/thumbnail.jpg