The Crisis of Political Islam – a Five Part Series

PART ONE

“Political Islam is the end result of the enforced separation of religion and governance, leaving Islamist groups in crisis from their very inception” – read PART ONE of the series The crisis of Political Islam: Problems of Terminology


PART TWO

“Islamists disregarded democratic principles that the Arab Spring protesters had advocated for, leading to their eventual failures” – read PART TWO of the series The Crisis of Political Islam: Islamism and Politics


PART THREE

“Islamists must choose between developing into a civil and democratic political and cultural force, or conservative isolation with a violent future” – read PART THREE of the series The Crisis of Political Islam: Reform, Violence


PART FOUR

” The violence of the Islamic State group will force a rethinking within political Islam which uses the same scriptures albeit differently” – read PART FOUR of the series The Crisis of Political Islam: The Violent Path 


PART FIVE

“Islamist movements are at a cross roads, and the way forward is to agree on the principles of the democratic system and abide by them” – read PART FIVE of the series The Crisis of Political Islam: What is Left?