For a long time, academic debates recognised only two forms of Salafism: apolitical quietism and jihadism. Since the Arab Spring, however, Salafists have also begun to organise and express themselves politically. In Egypt they even achieved an important electoral success in 2012. The more…
After the rapid rise and fall of Sunni Islamist political actors following the Arab uprisings that began earlier this decade, a strong fragmentation has emerged within this political spectrum. The division exists within Islamist political groups in their national contexts as well as between them…
