Islamism and Secularism in North Africa

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Islam and State Expansion in Algeria: Nineteenth-Century Saharan Frontiers....Pages 3-21
“The Masses Look Ardently to Istanbul”: Tunisia, Islam, and the Ottoman Empire, 1837–1931....Pages 23-36
A Rereading of Islamic Texts in the Maghrib in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Secular Themes or Religious Reformism?....Pages 37-51
Salafis and Modernists in the Moroccan Nationalist Movement....Pages 53-71
Continuities and Discontinuities in the Algerian Confrontation with Europe....Pages 73-85
The Political and the Religious in the Modern History of the Maghrib....Pages 87-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Islamism and Islamists: The Emergence of New Types of Politico-Religious Militants....Pages 103-121
Doctrinaire Economics and Political Opportunism in the Strategy of Algerian Islamism....Pages 123-147
The Al-Nahda Movement in Tunisia: From Renaissance to Revolution....Pages 149-165
Secularism and Nationalism: The Political Discourse of ‘Abd al-Salam Yassin....Pages 167-186
Militant Islam and Its Critics: The Case of Libya....Pages 187-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
The Challenge of Democratic Alternatives in the Maghrib....Pages 201-218
Islam, Democracy, and the State: The Reemergence of Authoritarian Politics in Algeria....Pages 219-251
Re-Imagining Religion and Politics: Moroccan Elections in the 1990s....Pages 253-273
Islam and the State in Algeria and Morocco: A Dialectical Model....Pages 275-287
Back Matter....Pages 289-298