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Arab Kesho

Mlisho wa RSS wa Kitengo cha 'Jordan'. Mlisho wa RSS wa Kitengo cha 'Jordan'

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Uislamu, Political Islam na Amerika

Arab Insight

Je! "Udugu" na Amerika Inawezekana?

khalil al-anani

"Hakuna nafasi ya kuwasiliana na yeyote Mkondoni. Usimamizi muda mrefu kama Marekani inao yake maoni ya muda mrefu ya Uislamu kama hatari halisi, maoni ambayo yanaiweka Merika katika boti moja na adui wa Kizayuni. Hatuna maoni ya mapema kuhusu watu wa Amerika au Merika. jamii na mashirika yake ya kiraia na vituo vya kufikiria. Hatuna shida kuwasiliana na watu wa Amerika lakini hakuna juhudi za kutosha zinazofanywa kutuleta karibu,”Alisema Dk. Issam al-Iryan, mkuu wa idara ya kisiasa ya Muslim Brotherhood katika mahojiano ya simu.
Maneno ya Al-Iryan yana muhtasari wa maoni ya Ndugu Waislamu juu ya watu wa Amerika na U.S. serikali. Washiriki wengine wa Muslim Brotherhood watakubali, kama vile marehemu Hassan al-Banna, ambaye alianzisha kikundi katika 1928. Al- Banna aliiona Magharibi kama ishara ya kuporomoka kwa maadili. Salafis wengine - shule ya fikra ya Kiisilamu inayotegemea mababu kama mifano ya mfano - wamechukua maoni kama hayo ya Merika, lakini hukosa kubadilika kwa kiitikadi kuungwa mkono na Udugu wa Kiislamu. Wakati Muslim Brotherhood inaamini kuwashirikisha Wamarekani katika mazungumzo ya wenyewe kwa wenyewe, vikundi vingine vyenye msimamo mkali havioni maana ya mazungumzo na kudumisha kwamba nguvu ndiyo njia pekee ya kushughulika na Merika.

Vyama vya Upinzani vya Kiisilamu na Uwezo wa Ushirikiano wa EU

Toby Archer

Heidi Huuhtanen

Kwa kuzingatia kuongezeka kwa umuhimu wa harakati za Kiislamu katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na

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Kwa kuzingatia kuongezeka kwa umuhimu wa harakati za Kiislamu katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na.

Kwa kuzingatia kuongezeka kwa umuhimu wa harakati za Kiislamu katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na. Kwa kuzingatia kuongezeka kwa umuhimu wa harakati za Kiislamu katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na

Kwa kuzingatia kuongezeka kwa umuhimu wa harakati za Kiislamu katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na

haki za binadamu, Kwa kuzingatia kuongezeka kwa umuhimu wa harakati za Kiislamu katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na

Kwa kuzingatia kuongezeka kwa umuhimu wa harakati za Kiislamu katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na

Kwa kuzingatia kuongezeka kwa umuhimu wa harakati za Kiislamu katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na. Mtazamo mwingine ni kwamba demokrasia katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu ingeongezeka

Usalama wa Ulaya. Uhalali wa hoja hizi na nyinginezo juu ya kama na jinsi ya

EU inapaswa kujihusisha inaweza tu kujaribiwa kwa kusoma mienendo tofauti ya Kiislamu na

hali zao za kisiasa, nchi baada ya nchi.

Udemokrasia ni mada kuu ya hatua za pamoja za sera za kigeni za EU, kama ilivyowekwa

nje katika Kifungu 11 ya Mkataba wa Umoja wa Ulaya. Majimbo mengi yanazingatiwa katika hili

ripoti sio ya kidemokrasia, au si ya kidemokrasia kikamilifu. Katika nchi nyingi hizi, Muislamu

vyama na vuguvugu vinaunda upinzani mkubwa kwa tawala zilizopo, na

wengine wanaunda kambi kubwa ya upinzani. Demokrasia za Ulaya zimelazimika kwa muda mrefu

kushughulikia tawala zinazotawala ambazo ni za kimabavu, lakini ni jambo jipya kuchapishwa

kwa ajili ya mageuzi ya kidemokrasia katika majimbo ambayo walengwa wanaweza kuwa nayo, kutoka

Mtazamo wa EU, njia tofauti na wakati mwingine zenye matatizo kwa demokrasia na yake

maadili yanayohusiana, kama vile wachache na haki za wanawake na utawala wa sheria. Malipo haya ni

mara nyingi huwekwa dhidi ya harakati za Kiislamu, kwa hivyo ni muhimu kwa watunga sera wa Uropa

kuwa na picha sahihi ya sera na falsafa za washirika watarajiwa.

Uzoefu kutoka nchi mbalimbali huelekea kupendekeza kwamba uhuru zaidi Kiislamu

vyama vinaruhusiwa, ndivyo wanavyokuwa wastani katika matendo na mawazo yao. Katika nyingi

kesi vyama na makundi ya Kiislamu kwa muda mrefu tangu kuhama kutoka lengo yao ya awali

ya kuanzisha dola ya Kiislamu inayoongozwa na sheria za Kiislamu, na wamekubali msingi

kanuni za kidemokrasia za ushindani wa uchaguzi kwa mamlaka, kuwepo kwa mambo mengine ya kisiasa

washindani, na wingi wa kisiasa.

Sayyid Qutb: Karl Marx wa Mapinduzi ya Kiislamu

Leslie Evans

Sayyid Qutb (Oktoba 9, 1906-Agosti 29, 1966), Misri karii, mwanafalsafa, na mnadharia wa kisasa jihadi harakati ni tu kuwa na jina familiar katika nchi za Magharibi katika miaka ya karibuni, lakini maandiko yake voluminous wamekuwa na na kuendelea kuwa na athari kubwa sana katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu. Si overstatement kusema kwamba ni vigumu inawezekana kuelewa mawazo na malengo ya wapiganaji wa Kiislamu bila baadhi ya uzoefu na mtazamo Qutb (akatamka Kuh-tahb) ilivyoainishwa.
kutafuta Amazon.com anarudi hakuna chini ya vitabu saba kwa Kiingereza kuhusu Sayyid Qutb pamoja na makusanyo ya maandiko yake na wengi wa vitabu vyake mwenyewe katika tafsiri. kazi mbili kuguswa hapa ni tu sampuli random ya fasihi kubwa sana ambayo ni tena lakini dakika sehemu ya kile kilichopo kwa Kiarabu. Hizi mbili ni tofauti kabisa katika upeo na mtazamo. Ayyub Adnan Musallam, Palestina raia wa Bethlehemu, ana udaktari kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Michigan
na kwa sasa ni Profesa wa historia, siasa, na mafunzo ya kitamaduni katika Chuo Kikuu Bethlehemu katika Benki ya Magharibi. wasifu wake kwa ujumla ushirikano lakini muhimu huzingatia siasa kutoa ya misimamo Qutb na mawazo. kifupi kabisa na kipande muhimu zaidi na Paul Berman kwa Times New York inaangalia theolojia Qutb na husaidia kufafanua hoja yake kwa Ukristo na Western secularism.
Brilliant tangu ujana wake mapema, Sayyid Qutb alikuwa uwezekano takwimu kutumika kama msukumo wa kimataifa mapinduzi harakati. Ingawa kwa kipindi kifupi alikuwa mwanachama wa wapiganaji wa Kiislamu Brothers, ambapo yeye aliwahi kuwa mhariri si mratibu, alitumia zaidi ya maisha yake kama akili lone. ambapo Marx, nadharia ya ukomunisti dunia, walifanya kazi katika British Museum, Sayyid Qutb aliandika vitabu vyake mashuhuri gerezani Misri, ambako ilitumia zaidi ya miaka kumi na moja ya mwisho ya maisha yake, mpaka utekelezaji wake na serikali Nasser katika 1966. Hata upande wake kwa Uislamu kwa njia yoyote kubwa hayakuweza kufanyika mpaka yeye alikuwa arobaini iliyopita, lakini jela katika miaka ya hamsini wake zinazozalishwa Rethinking utata wa dini reverberates duniani kote.
Qutb alizaliwa katika kijiji cha Musha, kati ya Cairo na Aswan katika familia ya wamiliki wa ardhi ndogo. Yeye alitumwa madrasa za ndani, shule ya serikali, badala ya kuttab bado zaidi ya kidini, shule ya Kiislamu, lakini yeye alishinda mashindano kati ya shule hizi mbili kwa kukariri bora ya Qur'an. Alikumbuka maisha yake huko katika kazi yake tu wasifu, “Mtoto kutoka Kijiji,” kurekodi mila na ushirikina. Na kipindi kwamba alipewa imani katika ulimwengu wa roho ambayo alibeba pamoja naye katika maisha yake yote

mbona hakuna demokrasia za kiarabu ?

Larry Diamond

During democratization’s “third wave,” democracy ceased being a mostly Western phenomenon and “went global.” When the third wave began in 1974, the world had only about 40 democracies, and only a few of them lay outside the West. By the time the Journal of Democracy began publishing in 1990, there were 76 electoral democracies (accounting for slightly less than half the world’s independent states). By 1995, that number had shot up to 117—three in every five states. By then, a critical mass of democracies existed in every major world region save one—the Middle East.1 Moreover, every one of the world’s major cultural realms had become host to a significant democratic presence, albeit again with a single exception—the Arab world.2 Fifteen years later, this exception still stands.
The continuing absence of even a single democratic regime in the Arab world is a striking anomaly—the principal exception to the globalization of democracy. Why is there no Arab democracy? Kwa kweli, why is it the case that among the sixteen independent Arab states of the Middle East and coastal North Africa, Lebanon is the only one to have ever been a democracy?
The most common assumption about the Arab democracy deficit is that it must have something to do with religion or culture. Baada ya yote, the one thing that all Arab countries share is that they are Arab.

Kudai Kituo hicho: Uislamu wa Kisiasa Katika Mpito

John L. Esposito

In the 1990s political Islam, what some callIslamic fundamentalism,” remains a major presence in government and in oppositional politics from North Africa to Southeast Asia. Political Islam in power and in politics has raised many issues and questions: “Is Islam antithetical to modernization?,” “Are Islam and democracy incompatible?,” “What are the implications of an Islamic government for pluralism, minority and women’s rights,” “How representative are Islamists,” “Are there Islamic moderates?,” “Should the West fear a transnational Islamic threat or clash of civilizations?” Contemporary Islamic Revivalism The landscape of the Muslim world today reveals the emergence of new Islamic republics (Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan), the proliferation of Islamic movements that function as major political and social actors within existing systems, and the confrontational politics of radical violent extremists._ In contrast to the 1980s when political Islam was simply equated with revolutionary Iran or clandestine groups with names like Islamic jihad or the Army of God, the Muslim world in the 1990s is one in which Islamists have participated in the electoral process and are visible as prime ministers, cabinet officers, speakers of national assemblies, parliamentarians, and mayors in countries as diverse as Egypt, Sudan, Uturuki, Iran, Lebanon, Kuwait, Yemen, Jordan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Israel/Palestine. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, political Islam continues to be a major force for order and disorder in global politics, one that participates in the political process but also in acts of terrorism, a challenge to the Muslim world and to the West. Understanding the nature of political Islam today, and in particular the issues and questions that have emerged from the experience of the recent past, remains critical for governments, policymakers, and students of international politics alike.

TAASISI ZA WAISLAMU NA UHAMASISHAJI WA SIASA

SARA SILVESTRI

In Europe, and most of the Western world, Muslim presence in the publicsphere is a recent phenomenon that characterised the last decade of the 20thcentury and has deeply marked the beginning of the 21st. This visiblepresence, which amounts to something between 15 na 20 millionindividuals, can best be analysed if dissected into a number of components.The first part of this chapter illustrates where, when and why organisedMuslim voices and institutions have emerged in Europe, and which actorshave been involved. The second part is more schematic and analytical, inthat it seeks to identify from these dynamics the process through whichMuslims become political actors and how they relate to other, often incompeting political forces and priorities. It does so by observing theobjectives and the variety of strategies that Muslims have adopted in orderto articulate their concerns vis-à-vis different contexts and interlocutors.The conclusions offer an initial evaluation of the impact and of theconsequences of Muslim mobilisation and institution-formation forEuropean society and policy-making.

Islamic Movement: Uhuru wa Kisiasa & Demokrasia

Dr.Yusuf al-Qaradawi

It is the duty of the (Islamic) Movement in the coming phase tostand firm against totalitarian and dictatorial rule, political despotism and usurpation of people’s rights. The Movement should always stand by political freedom, as represented by true,not false, demokrasia. It should flatly declare it refusal of tyrantsand steer clear of all dictators, even if some tyrant appears to havegood intentions towards it for some gain and for a time that is usually short, as has been shown by experience.The Prophet (SAWS) said, “ When you see my Nation fall victim to fear and does not say to a wrong –doer, “You are wrong”, thenyou may lose hope in them.” So how about a regime that forces people to say to a conceited wrongdoer, “How just, how great you are. O our hero, our savior and our liberator!”The Quran denounces tyrants such as Numrudh, Pharaoh, Haman and others, but it also dispraises those who follow tyrants andobey their orders. This is why Allah dispraises the people of Noahby saying, “ But they follow (m en) whose wealth and childrengive them no increase but only loss.” [Surat Nuh; 21]Allah also says of Ad, people of Hud, “ And followed thecommand of every powerful, obstinate transgressor”. [Surat Hud:59]See also what the Quran says about the people of Pharaoh, “ Butthey followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command ofPharaoh was not rightly guided.[Surat Hud: 97] “Thus he made fools of his people, and they obeyed him: truly they were a people rebellious (against Allah).” [Surat Az-Zukhruf: 54]A closer look at the history of the Muslim Nation and the IslamicMovement in modern times should show clearly that the Islamicidea, the Islamic Movement and the Islamic Awakening have never flourished or borne fruit unless in an atmosphere ofdemocracy and freedom, and have withered and become barren only at the times of oppression and tyranny that trod over the willof the peoples which clung to Islam. Such oppressive regimesimposed their secularism, socialism or communism on their peoples by force and coercion, using covert torture and publicexecutions, and employing those devilish tools that tore flesh,shed blood, crushed bone and destroyed the soul.We saw these practices in many Muslim countries, including Turkey, Misri, Syria, Iraq, (the former) South Yemen, Somaliaand northern African States for varying periods of time, depending on the age or reign of the dictator in each country.On the other hand, we saw the Islamic Movement and the Islamic Awakening bear fruit and flourish at the times of freedom and democracy, and in the wake of the collapse of imperial regimes that ruled peoples with fear and oppression.Therefore, I would not imagine that the Islamic Movement could support anything other than political freedom and democracy.The tyrants allowed every voice to be raised, except the voice ofIslam, and let every trend express itself in the form of a politicalparty or body of some sort, except the Islamic current which is theonly trend that actually speaks for this Nation and expresses it screed, values, essence and very existence.

Kuishi na Demokrasia huko Misri

Daniel Msaidizi

Hosni Mubarek was almost elected president of Egypt in September 2005. Not that the seventy-seven-year-old secular autocrat who has ruled that nationfor the past twenty-four years lost the election; by the official count, he took nearly 85 percent of the vote.His nearest competitor, Ayman Nour, the upstart headof the fledgling opposition party al-Ghad (“Tomorrow”),managed less than 8 percent. The only other candidate to take any significant tally was the aged NomanGamaa of the venerable al-Wafd (“Delegation”)party, who managed less than 3 percent. The Ikhwanal-Muslimeen (“Muslim Brotherhood”), feared by somany Westerners for its purist Islamic social and politicalagenda, didn’t even field a candidate.Mubarek’s decisive victory would seem to be reassuringto most people—particularly secular Americans—worried for the future of the few Westernfriendly,moderate Arab regimes, threatened as theyare by the Islamicization of politics in the region. The Bush administration would also seem to have reasonto be pleased, given its recent change of heart aboutArab democracy. The missing chemical weapons in Iraq and subsequent justification of the war thereas precedent for democratization have inspired theWhite House to push for as many elections as possible in the region. kwa kweli, when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke at the American University inCairo in June, she announced to some surprise that“for sixty years” the United States had been mistakenin “pursu[ing] stability at the expense of democracy”in the Middle East. For generations, Marekani. pundits weresure that the “Arab street” couldn’t be trusted with the vote, as they might hand over power to communistsor fundamentalist Islamists. Realpolitik dictated that autocrats and dictators, like Mubarek and Saddam Hussein, had to be coddled in order to maintain “stability”in the region. If they would then stage election sor dispense with them altogether, deny free speech,and let loose secret police to terrorize the population,the White House would likely turn a blind eye. But ifMubarek could now claim a true democratic mandate,that would be the best of all worlds.

Mabadiliko ya Kisiasa katika Ulimwengu wa Kiarabu

Dina Shehata

Mwaka 2007 iliashiria mwisho wa muda mfupi wa ukombozi wa kisiasa katika ulimwengu wa Kiarabu ambao ulianza muda mfupi baada ya kukalia kwa mabavu Iraki na ambao ulitokana kimsingi na shinikizo za nje kwa serikali za Kiarabu kufanya mageuzi na demokrasia.. Shinikizo la nje wakati wa 2003-2006 kipindi hicho kilizua mwanya wa kisiasa ambao wanaharakati kote kanda waliutumia kushinikiza madai ya muda mrefu ya mageuzi ya kisiasa na kikatiba. Kukabiliwa na mchanganyiko wa shinikizo la nje na la ndani la kutaka mageuzi., Tawala za Kiarabu zililazimishwa kufanya baadhi ya makubaliano kwa wapinzani wao.Nchini Misri, kwa ombi la Rais, Bunge lilipitisha marekebisho ya katiba ili kuruhusu uchaguzi wa urais wenye ushindani wa moja kwa moja. Mnamo Septemba 2005, Misri ilishuhudia uchaguzi wake wa kwanza wenye ushindani kuwahi kutokea na kama ilivyotarajiwa Mubarak alichaguliwa kwa muhula wa tano kwa 87% ya kura.. Kwa kuongezea,wakati wa Novemba 2005 uchaguzi wa wabunge,ambazo zilikuwa huru kuliko chaguzi zilizopita, Muslim Brotherhood, vuguvugu kubwa zaidi la upinzani nchini Misri, alishinda 88 viti. Hii ilikuwa ni idadi kubwa zaidi ya viti vilivyoshinda na kundi la upinzani nchini Misri tangu 1952 mapinduzi.Vile vile, mwezi Januari 2006 Uchaguzi wa wabunge wa Palestina, Hamas ilishinda viti vingi.Hamas iliweza kuweka udhibiti wa Baraza la Wabunge wa Palestina ambalo lilikuwa linatawaliwa na Fatah tangu kuanzishwa kwa Mamlaka ya Ndani ya Palestina. 1996. Nchini Lebanon, kufuatia mauaji ya Rafiq Hariri tarehe 14 Februari2005, muungano wa vikosi vya kisiasa vinavyomuunga mkono Hariri uliweza kupitia uhamasishaji wa watu wengi na msaada kutoka nje kulazimisha wanajeshi wa Syria kuondoka Lebanon na serikali inayounga mkono Syria kujiuzulu.. Uchaguzi ulifanyika, na muungano wa Februari 14 uliweza kushinda wingi wa kura na kuunda serikali mpya.Nchini Morocco., Mfalme Mohamed VI alisimamia uanzishwaji wa kamati ya ukweli na maridhiano ambayo ilitaka kushughulikia malalamiko ya wale walionyanyaswa chini ya utawala wa baba yake.Nchi za Baraza la Ushirikiano la Ghuba. (GCC) pia chini ya ilichukua baadhi ya mageuzi muhimu wakati wa 2003-2006 kipindi. katika 2003 Qatar ilitangaza katiba iliyoandikwa kwa mara ya kwanza katika historia yake. Mnamo 2005, Saudi Arabia iliitisha uchaguzi wa manispaa kwa mara ya kwanza katika miongo mitano. Na katika 2006, Bahrain ilifanya uchaguzi wa bunge ambapo jumuiya ya Shiite ya AlWefaqwon 40% ya viti.. Baadaye, naibu waziri mkuu wa kwanza wa Kishia nchini Bahrain aliteuliwa.Matukio haya, ambayo ilikuja kujulikana kama ‘Arab Spring,' ilisababisha baadhi ya watu wenye matumaini kuamini kwamba ulimwengu wa Kiarabu ulikuwa ukingoni mwa mabadiliko ya kidemokrasia sawa na yale yaliyotokea Amerika ya Kusini na Mashariki na Ulaya ya Kati katika miaka ya 1980 na 1990.. Hata hivyo, ndani 2007, kama ukombozi wa kisiasa ulisababisha mgawanyiko mkubwa na ukandamizaji upya,matumaini haya yaliondolewa. Kushindwa kwa fursa za kufungua 2003-2006 kipindi cha kuunda msukumo endelevu kuelekea demokrasia kinaweza kutokana na mambo kadhaa. Kudorora kwa hali ya usalama nchini Iraq na kushindwa kwa Merika kuunda serikali thabiti na ya kidemokrasia kumepunguza uungaji mkono wa juhudi za kukuza demokrasia ndani ya utawala wa Amerika na kusisitiza maoni ya wale walioshikilia kuwa usalama na uthabiti lazima uje kabla ya demokrasia.. Kwa kuongezea, mafanikio ya uchaguzi ya Waislam nchini Misri na Palestina yalipunguza zaidi uungaji mkono wa nchi za Magharibi kwa juhudi za kukuza demokrasia katika eneo hilo kwani wakuu wa vuguvugu hili walionekana kuwa kinyume na maslahi ya Magharibi..

Uislamu Mkali Nchini Misri Ulinganisho Wa Vikundi Viwili

By David Zeidan

The author compares two key Egyptian radical Islamic groups, the Society of Muslims(Takfir wal-Hijra) and the Society of Struggle (Jama’at al-Jihad) and analyzes their differencesin doctrine and strategy. This study is presented in the context of a broader examination of thehistory of militant Islamic groups in Egypt. The author argues that the two societies furnishexamples of basic types of radical Islamic movements. In addition, Jama’at al-Jihad remainsimportant in contemporary Egyptian politics and in that country’s internal struggle.The Egyptian radical groups understudy here, the Society of Muslims (Takfirwal-Hijra) and the Society of Struggle(Jama’at al-Jihad), espoused drasticallydifferent ideologies and strategies forgaining power. The Society of Muslims(Takfir) had a passive separatist andmessianic ideology, delaying activeconfrontation with the state to an indefinitepoint in the future when it could reach acertain degree of strength. In comparison,the Society of Struggle (al-Jihad) followedan activist, militant ideology that committedit to immediate and violent action againstthe regime.ISLAMIC RESURGENCEHistory reveals cyclical patterns ofIslamic revival in times of crisis.Charismatic leaders arose attempting torenew the fervor and identity of Muslims,purify the faith from accretions and corruptreligious practices, and reinstate the pristineIslam of the Prophet Muhammad’s day.Leaders of revivals tended to appear eitheras renewers of the faith promised at the startof each century (mujaddids), or as thedeliverer sent by God in the end of times toestablish the final kingdom of justice andpeace (mahdi).

W&M Kuendelea

Julian Carr
Richael Mwaminifu
Ethan Forrest

Accepting the Responsibility of Electoral Choice

The development of democratic institutions comes with negative externalities. As a political progressive, I believe that the big picture – establishing a solid democratic foundation – outweighs the possible emergence of political parties that may advocate religious or gender intolerance. I am a firm believer in the workings of the democratic process. While I have been studying in Egypt for the semester, I am reminded that despite the imperfections of the United States democratic system, it is still many times better than living under any authoritarian regime that outlaws political parties and posts military police at a variety of locations in an effort to exert control and maintain power.

In Egypt, the electoral process is not democratic. The National Political Party – the party of President Mubarak – exerts tremendous influence in the country. Its main opposition is the Muslim Brotherhood, which was created in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna. The Muslim Brotherhood is based on very strict interpretations of the Koran and the idea that secular governments are a direct violation of the teaching of the Koran. The party has a very violent past; it has been directly responsible for several assassination attempts and the assassination of the Egyptian leader Anwar-as-Sadat in 1981.

The Muslim Brotherhood is an illegal political party. Because the political party is religious, it is not allowed to participate in the public sphere under Egyptian law. Despite this technicality, the party has members in the Egyptian Parliament. Hata hivyo, the parliamentarians cannot officially declare their affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood but instead identify as Independents. Though the party remains illegal, it remains the most powerful opposition to the ruling National Democratic Party.

Asasi za Kiraia na Demokrasia katika Ulimwengu wa Kiarabu

Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Even if Islam is the Answer, Arab Muslims are the Problem

In May 2008, the Arab nation experienced a number of fires, or rather, armed conflicts—ndani

Lebanon, Iraq, Palestina, Yemen, and Somalia. In these conflicts,

the warring parties used Islam as the instrument for mobilization

and amassing support. Collectively, Muslims are

waging war against Muslims.

After some Muslims raised the slogan of “Islam is the solution,”

Kwa kuzingatia kuongezeka kwa umuhimu wa harakati za Kiislamu katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu na

became apparent “their Islam is the problem.” No sooner have some of them acquired weapons,

than they raised it against the state and its ruling regime regardless of

whether that regime was ruling in the name of Islam or not.

We have

seen this in recent years between the followers of Osama bin Laden

and the Al-Qaeda organization on the one hand, and the authorities in

the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the other. We have also seen an

explosive example of this phenomenon in Morocco, whose king rules in the name of Islam and

whose title is the ‘Prince of the Faithful.Thus each Muslim faction kills other Muslims in the

name of Islam.
A quick glance at the contents of the media confirms how the

term Islam and its associated symbols have become mere tools in the hands of these Muslims.

Prominent examples of these Islam-exploiting factions are:
Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and Jamiat al-Islamiyya, in Egypt

Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movement, in Palestine Hezbollah, Fatah al-Islam,

and Jamiat al-Islammiyya, in Lebanon The Houthi Zayadi rebels and the Islamic Reform Grouping

(Islah), inYemen The Islamic courts, in Somalia The Islamic Front ,

the 500 Waislamu wenye ushawishi mkubwa

John Esposito

Ibrahim Kalin

The publication you have in your hands is the first of what we hope will be anannual series that provides a window into the movers and shakers of the Muslimworld. We have strived to highlight people who are influential as Muslims, thatis, people whose influence is derived from their practice of Islam or from the factthat they are Muslim. We think that this gives valuable insight into the differentways that Muslims impact the world, and also shows the diversity of how peopleare living as Muslims today.Influence is a tricky concept. Its meaning derives from the Latin word influensmeaning to flow-in, pointing to an old astrological idea that unseen forces (like themoon) affect humanity. The figures on this list have the ability to affect humanitytoo. In a variety of different ways each person on this list has influence over thelives of a large number of people on the earth. The 50 most influential figuresare profiled. Their influence comes from a variety of sources; however they areunified by the fact that they each affect huge swathes of humanity.We have then broken up the 500 leaders into 15 categories—Scholarly, Political,Administrative, Lineage, Preachers, Wanawake, Youth, Philanthropy, Development,Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Vyombo vya habari, Radicals, International IslamicNetworks, and Issues of the Day—to help you understand the different kinds ofways Islam and Muslims impact the world today.Two composite lists show how influence works in different ways: InternationalIslamic Networks shows people who are at the head of important transnationalnetworks of Muslims, and Issues of the Day highlights individuals whoseimportance is due to current issues affecting humanity.

Mageuzi katika Ulimwengu wa Kiislamu: Wajibu wa Waislam na Mamlaka ya Nje

Shibley Telhami


The Bush Administration’s focus on spreading democracyin the Middle East has been much discussed over the past several years, not only in the United Statesand Arab and Muslim countries but also around theworld. In truth, neither the regional discourse about theneed for political and economic reform nor the Americantalk of spreading democracy is new. Over the pasttwo decades, particularly beginning with the end of theCold War, intellectuals and governments in the MiddleEast have spoken about reform. The American policyprior to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 also aimedto spread democracy in the Arab world. But in that case,the first Gulf War and the need to forge alliances withautocratic regimes were one reason talk of democracydeclined. The other reason was the discovery that politicalreform provided openings to Islamist political groupsthat seemed very much at odd with American objectives.The fear that Islamist groups supported democracy onlybased on the principle of “one man, one vote, one time,”as former Assistant Secretary of State Edward Djerejianonce put it, led the United States to backtrack. Evenearly in the Clinton Administration, Secretary of StateWarren Christopher initially focused on democracy inhis Middle East policy but quickly sidelined the issueas the administration moved to broker Palestinian-Israelinegotiation in the shadow of militant Islamist groups,especially Hamas.

Baadaye ya Uislamu baada ya 9/11

Mansoor Moaddel

There is no consensus among historians and Islamicists about the nature of theIslamic belief system and the experience of historical Islam, on which one couldbase a definitive judgment concerning Islam’s compatibility with modernity. Hata hivyo,the availability of both historical and value survey data allow us to analyzethe future of Islam in light of the horrific event of 9/11. The key factor that woulddetermine the level of societal visibility necessary for predicting the future developmentof a culture is the nature and clarity of the ideological targets in relation towhich new cultural discourses are produced. Based on this premise, I shall try toilluminate the nature of such targets that are confronted by Muslim activists inIran, Misri, and Jordan.