From Quietism to Politics: The Egyptian Salafist Movement from 1970 to 2012

Political Salafism is a relatively recent phenomenon. It was only after the fall of Mubarak in 2011 and the formation and electoral success of Salafist parties in Egypt that political Salafism has entered into the limelight. This projects investigates the developments of the Egyptian Salafist moverment and how influence debates and developments within transnational Salafism.
DFG, 2014-2020

Team

Dr. Jasmin Lorch

Ehemals Associate

Dr. Annette Ranko

Leitung

Prof. Dr. Henner Fürtig

Associate

Forschungsfragen

- Which developments have Egyptian Salafist groups and thought demonstrated over the period from 1970 to 2012?
- How has the political trend within the Salafist movement emerged and developed? How has it been articulated vis-à-vis the movement’s mainstream, apolitical trend?
- What impact have other Islamist (but non-Salafist) actors (e.g. the Muslim Brotherhood, MB) had on the development of the Salafist movement in Egypt?
- What influence have transnational Salafist debates and thinkers had on the development of the Salafist movement in Egypt?
- In how far does the Egyptian Salafist movement influence debates and developments within transnational Salafism?

Beitrag zu internationaler Forschung

Political Salafism is a relatively recent phenomenon. Starting in the 1980s, Bahrain and Kuwait were the first countries to witness the entrance of Salafists into parliament. It was only after the fall of Mubarak in 2011 and the formation and electoral success of Salafist parties in Egypt however, that political Salafism has entered into the limelight. Scholarship on this phenomenon – though growing since 2011 – remains scarce, especially compared to more widely studied groups as the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). This project, thus, aims to shed light on the genesis of this political strand within Egypt and to trace its historical roots beginning in the 1970s. It further seeks to trace the mutual influences, interactions, and transformations of national and transnational manifestations of Salafism, so as to contribute to the study on Salafism as a transnational phenomenon.

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