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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 Egypt.
Modern and contemporary Egypt cannot be fully understood without knowing the popular movement of the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in the late 1920s by a highly charismatic schoolteacher, Hassan al-Banna. Always very active in education and social work as well as politics, the movement built networks of counter-power and won the sympathy of broad sections of the population.
In revolutionary Egypt, the fall of Mubarak, to which the Brotherhood contributed, opened vast space for its action; but the end of indiscriminate repression, and thus the possibility of a more sincere internal debate, also brought all its divergences to light. New parties are emerging: will the Brotherhood maintain its formal unity, and will it be closer to the Turkish AKP or to the Palestinian Hamas?
Paru sous le titre Islam e democrazia. I Fratelli Musulmani in Egitto (Ananke, Turin, 2011), avec une préface de Franco Cardini, cet ouvrage de Paolo Gonzaga retrace l’histoire des Frères musulmans en Égypte.
On ne peut comprendre pleinement l’Égypte moderne et contemporaine sans connaître le mouvement populaire des Frères musulmans, fondé à la fin des années 1920 par un instituteur très charismatique, Hassan al-Banna. Toujours très actif sur les plans éducatif et social autant que politique, le mouvement a tissé des réseaux de contre-pouvoir et gagné la sympathie de larges pans de la population.
Dans l’Égypte de la révolution, la chute de Moubarak, à laquelle les Frères ont contribué, a ouvert d’immenses espaces à leur action ; mais la fin de la répression indiscriminée, et donc la possibilité d’un débat interne plus sincère, fait aussi apparaître toutes les divergences. De nouveaux partis naissent : les Frères sauront-ils maintenir l’unité formelle qui les a caractérisés, et seront-ils plus proches de l’AKP turc ou du Hamas palestinien ?
صدر هذا الكتاب بعنوان Islam e democrazia. I Fratelli Musulmani in Egitto (دار Ananke، تورينو، 2011)، بمقدمة من فرانكو كارديني، للباحث باولو غونزاغا، ويؤرّخ لجماعة الإخوان المسلمين في مصر.
لا يمكن فهم مصر الحديثة والمعاصرة فهماً كاملاً دون معرفة الحركة الشعبية للإخوان المسلمين، التي أسّسها في أواخر عشرينيات القرن الماضي المعلّم الكاريزمي حسن البنّا. وقد ظلّت الجماعة نشطة جداً على الصعيدين التربوي والاجتماعي إلى جانب السياسي، فنسجت شبكات سلطة موازية وكسبت تعاطف شرائح واسعة من السكان.
وفي مصر الثورة، فتح سقوط مبارك، الذي أسهم فيه الإخوان، مجالات واسعة أمام نشاطهم؛ لكن نهاية القمع العشوائي، ومن ثمّ إمكان نقاش داخلي أكثر صدقاً، أظهرت أيضاً كل الخلافات. وتنشأ أحزاب جديدة: فهل يحافظ الإخوان على وحدتهم الشكلية، وهل يكونون أقرب إلى حزب العدالة والتنمية التركي أم إلى حركة حماس الفلسطينية؟
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