Islamic Movements and Institutions – Page 10

Egypt: The Struggles of the Sisi Regime

2017 Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

March 24, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Egyptian Institute For Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-the-struggles-of-the-sisi-regime/ Snapshot: More than three years after General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi rose to power in Egypt, the Egyptian regime still faces acute problems. Some of these problems are fundamental and have plagued Egypt for many years, and some have worsened in recent years in...

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The Potential to Increase the Terrorist Threat

2017 Carnegie Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Michele Dunne Paper

February 09, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/02/09/potential-to-increase-terrorist-threat-pub-67982 The Cipher Brief sat down with Michele Dunne, Director and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Center, to discuss the potential implications of the U.S. State Department designating the Muslim...

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Black Label

2017 Carnegie Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Michele Dunne Nathan J. Brown Paper

January 25, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/67771 Since 1997, U.S. law has empowered the secretary of state to designate specific groups as “foreign terrorist organizations,” bringing down on them—and those who support them—an imposing range of penalties and sanctions. Such designations have come through a...

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Egypt’s Pragmatic Salafis: The Politics of Hizb al-Nour

2016 Carnegie Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Stephane Lacroix

November 01, 2016 05:53 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Stephane Lacroix Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/11/01/egypt-s-pragmatic-salafis-politics-of-hizb-al-nour-pub-64902 Snapshot: The Salafi movement in Egypt illustrates that the dynamics of sectarianism are fluid and sometimes contradictory. Over the last five years, the Salafi party, Hizb al-Nour, has taken a pragmatic, flexible approach to...

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Politics or piety? Why the Muslim Brotherhood engages in social service provision: A conversation

2016 Amr Darrag Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Steven Brooke The Brookings Institution

May 06, 2016 03:36 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Amr Darrag, Steven Brooke Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/politics-or-piety-why-the-muslim-brotherhood-engages-in-social-service-provision-a-conversation/ SUMMARY “Islamists on Islamism Today” is a new series within Brookings’s Rethinking Political Islamproject. In this series, we will hear directly from Islamist activists and...

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Civil Service Reform in Egypt: Between Efficiency and Social Peace

2016 Amr Adly Carnegie Civil Society Democracy and Politics Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

March 27, 2016 03:33 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Adly Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/2016/03/27/civil-service-reform-in-egypt-between-efficiency-and-social-peace-pub-63442 Since its election in January, the Egyptian Parliament approved with no notable modification more than three hundred legislations that were passed between 2013 and 2015. The only exception made was the “civil service law”...

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Is the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood pushing the group toward violence?

2016 Ammar Fayed Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Brookings Institution

March 23, 2016 03:35 am

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Source: Brookings Institute Author(s): Ammar Fayed Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/is-the-crackdown-on-the-muslim-brotherhood-pushing-the-group-toward-violence/ Snapshot: The military coup of July 2013 forced the Muslim Brotherhood to retreat to a climate of secrecy after the group had spent just a year working openly and in power. The authorities soon designated it as a...

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The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in 2016: Scenarios and recommendations

2016 Abdelrahman Ayyash Democracy and Politics Egypt German Council On Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Victor J. Willi

March 15, 2016 03:35 am

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Source: German Council On Foreign Relations (Gdap) Author(s): Abdelrahman Ayyash, Victor J. Willi Original Link: https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapanalyse-compact/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-2016 Snapshot: The Egyptian army’s removal of Mohammed Morsi in July 2013 brought major structural transformations to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. Today, with thousands of MB leaders and...

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The Great Brotherhood Divide

2016 Carnegie Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Mostafa Hashem Paper

March 02, 2016 03:47 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Mostafa Hashem Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/62942 Two factions within the Muslim Brotherhood are dueling for control, diminishing the group’s ability to address challenges from the regime and driving its supporters to other actors, among them the Islamic State. In February 2014, the youth—who were increasingly calling for revolutionary...

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The Reconfiguration of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

2015 Egypt Erez Striem Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Institute For National Security Studies

December 22, 2015 03:35 am

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Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Erez Striem Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-reconfiguration-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-in-egypt/ The violent conflict between the Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian state institutions escalated after Mohamed Morsi and his government were overthrown in July 2013. The crackdown on the movement since then has...

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Egypt’s Islamists: Weak Presence in Elections

2015 Democracy and Politics Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper Unknown Wilson Centre

December 06, 2015 05:53 am

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Source: Wilson Centre Author(s): Unknown Original Link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/egypts-islamists-weak-presence-elections Islamist parties played a minimal role in Egypt’s parliamentary elections, which began on October 18 and continued in several rounds in November and December. The Salafist Nour Party – the only Islamist party that fielded candidates – fared poorly. It secured...

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Egypt’s Escalating Islamist Insurgency

2015 Centre For Security Studies Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Mokhtar Awad Mostafa Hashem Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 30, 2015 03:35 am

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Source: Centre For Security Studies Author(s): Mokhtar Awad, Mostafa Hashem Copyright: © 2015 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Original Link: http://www.css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/194523 Read the full paper by following the original link.

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