Political Islam in the Age of Democratization [Paperback]

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.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

Bokhari and Senzai present a generally persuasive,informed, and nuanced conceptual framework for understanding differentIslamists behavior in relation to democracy and the different waysdemocracy  can be interpreted andoperationalized within Islamic societies & . Overall, this book constitutes amust read for students of Muslim politics; it is an informative, resourceful,and easily comprehensible text for anyone who desires to understand politicalIslam today. (Ravza Altunta_-?ak1r, Insight Turkey, insightturkey.com, December,2015)

Author Kamran Bokhari: Kamran Bokhari is Vice President of Middle Eastern & South Asian Affairs at Stratfor, USA. He is also a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Politics & International Relations at the University of Westminster, UK and a fellow with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, USA.Author Farid Senzai: Farid Senzai is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Santa Clara University, USA and DireclCÀ