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Pro-democracy protesters perform the weekly Friday prayers at Taghyeer (Change) Square in Sana’a on April 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohammed al-Sayaghi)
by Tariq Al-Mubarak | May 6, 2013 | Debate
It is undeniable that Islamic movements in the Gulf are engaging with the Arab Spring as part of their wider project. The “Islamic Awakening” that began in the 1980s was a kind of “rebirth” of religious sentiment among certain segments of the population;...
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Pro-democracy protesters perform the weekly Friday prayers at Taghyeer (Change) Square in Sana’a on April 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohammed al-Sayaghi)
by Dr. Ahmad Abdul-Malek | May 6, 2013 | Debate
The Islamic movements in the Gulf are part of a broader return to Islam that began during the 1980s, after both nationalist and Marxist projects failed—sometimes termed an “awakening” of collective religious awareness. I do not presently see signals of a new or novel...
