The impact of arab spring on the Islamic movements
1. Mahboob ThahaMahboob Thaha
Research ScholarResearch Scholar
Centre for West Asian StudiesCentre for West Asian Studies
Jamia Millia IslamiaJamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi - 110025New Delhi - 110025
2. Change of the policies of the Islamists
Their reaction to the changes
Examples of Egypt and Tunisia
Reasons for the change
3. Widening of the movement’s umbrella
Formation of political parties
Names of the political parties
Women’s role in the movements
4. Democracy as a tool
Secularism – as a feature of Islam
Democracy – mostly benefitted the Islamists
5. Implementation of Sharia’ – process
Implementation of the objectives of Sharia top
priority of the Islamist movements
Usage of the term Sharia’ not necessary
6. America’s supremacy cannot be neglected
Economical advancement – help of IMF and such
bodies might be necessary
7. Gap between 1924 and 2012 is huge
Circumstances have changed
Restoration of Caliphate – in the beginning
Activities of the Islamic movements –
concentrated on the restoration of the
consciousness of the restoration of Caliphate
8. Muslim Brotherhood corrected Banna’s uniform
tradition of activity
Their approach was more pluralistic
The names of political parties included words like
freedom, justice, development etc. which showed
their accommodative nature
9. Seems as though the Islamists were not ready
Their slogans on the streets were not suitable now
while in power.
They were thrown into a situation in which they
had to solve the acute problems of the nations –
poverty, development, education etc.
10. Rashid al Ghanooshi – he had predicted the
changes and done the homework
His policies helped the Islamists in Tunisia to
adapt themselves to the changing scenario
11. Policy of coalition
Islamists realized that they alone cannot handle
the situations and issues of the nation
12. Islamic movements have been able to go beyond
their mentor’s and founder’s words and ideas
Situations also compel them to alter their former
policies
They have realized that they cannot ignore the
developments and factors of globalization taking
place around the globe,
