Islam and Islamist Politics in the Arab World: Contemporary Trajectories
March 22-23, 2007
Georgetown University
Cosponsor: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
For nearly thirty years the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University has held an annual two-day symposium on a topic of interest and relevance to scholars and specialists in the field of Middle Eastern Studies. The Symposium Steering Committee dedicated the 2007 Annual Symposium to the study of Islamist politics.
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"Islam and Islamist Politics in the Arab World” consisted of seven panels over two days:
- Panel 1 explored historical and intellectual developments in Islamist political thought over the last several decades
- Panel 2 addressed the role of social and welfare networks in the success and strategy of Islamist political movements.
- Panel 3 investigated the role of Islamist groups and parties as opposition political movements
- Panel 4 examined the participation of Islamist political parties and groups in elections and parliaments in the region.
- Panel 5 focused on the convergence of Islamists and national liberation struggles in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq.
- Panel 6 examined Islamists in power in countries such as Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Sudan
- Panel 7 addressed the relationship between Islamist parties and movements and the West, both historically as well as in the contemporary period.