2020

Political Islam: from Reformism to Jihadism

Article by Paolo Gonzaga published under the title Political Islam: from Reformism to Jihadism in the journal Annali di Scienze Religiose (vol. 13, 2020), within the monographic section “Religious Traditions in the Face of the Crisis of the Liberal System: The Case of Islam”.

The article traces the evolution of contemporary political Islam, from early reformism to jihadist drifts.

Article de Paolo Gonzaga paru en anglais sous le titre Political Islam: from Reformism to Jihadism dans la revue Annali di Scienze Religiose (vol. 13, 2020), au sein du dossier « Les traditions religieuses face à la crise du système libéral : le cas de l’islam ».

L’article retrace l’évolution de l’islam politique contemporain, du réformisme des origines aux dérives djihadistes.

مقال بقلم باولو غونزاغا، نُشر بالإنجليزية بعنوان:

Political Islam: from Reformism to Jihadism (Annali di Scienze Religiose, vol. 13, 2020)

ضمن ملفّ «التقاليد الدينية في مواجهة أزمة النظام الليبرالي: حالة الإسلام». يتتبّع المقال تطوّر الإسلام السياسي المعاصر من الإصلاحية إلى المنزلقات الجهادية.

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Political Islam: from Reformism to Jihadism

Article by Paolo Gonzaga published under the title Political Islam: from Reformism to Jihadism in the journal Annali di Scienze Religiose (vol. 13, 2020), within the monographic section “Religious ...

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Catholics and Muslims for the environment

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Egypt: the Muslim Brotherhood at a Croassroad

Introduction This is certainly not the first time the Brotherhood has had to reinvent itself. A first re-founding of the Muslim Brotherhood took place after the death of its charismatic founder,...

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Islam in Movement. Between Reformism and Jihadism

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Exegesis of the Qur’an. Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Translated and introduced by Paolo Gonzaga (Istituto Italiano di Studi Islamici, Milan, 2016), this work is the first complete Italian translation of the Tafsir al-Jalalayn, one of the most widely ...

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Islam and Democracy. The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

Published as Islam e democrazia. I Fratelli Musulmani in Egitto (Ananke, Turin, 2011), with a preface by Franco Cardini, this book by Paolo Gonzaga traces the history of the Muslim Brotherhood in E...

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