“The relationship between the political and religious fields in Morocco is generally based on tactical choices and pragmatic issues, often far from simple ideological orientations. In this context, the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood ideology in Moroccan Islamic parties and movements is caught in a permanent political and intellectual debate that opposes two camps. The first camp thinks that Moroccan Islamism is home-grown, disconnected from the Muslim Brotherhood ideology. The second camp confirms that Islamic political parties and movements have always been under the influence of an imported Islamist ideology since their beginnings in the 1960s for some and the 1970s for others.<\/p>\n
Paradoxically, Moroccan authorities are more inclined to allow a homegrown political Islam to an alien Islamist ideology, regardless of how similar they are. This ambiguity persists today in the Moroccan public space, which remains a showcase for good Islamic morality. Hence, the strategies of the Moroccan authorities toward the home-grown Moroccan Islamic-oriented political movements and parties have always been based on a combination of pragmatism and mistrust. Despite a strong attempt to control the scope of Islamic movements and to limit their aims and ambitions, the Moroccan authorities believe that the participation of these movements can help strengthen the basis and the legitimacy of the religious establishment in Morocco. On the other hand, the concerned movements believe that their participation in the political game, or at least their presence in the social field, would allow them to obtain long-term legal recognition and legitimacy.<\/p>\n
In what follows, we will try to analyze the contradictions that structure the growing involvement of Islam in the political space. We focus more on the Justice and Development Party (JDP) as a place where these contradictions are concentrated. We will also discuss the branding of political Islam in Morocco, whether it is of Muslim Brotherhood, nationalist or Salafist origin. It would be wrong to claim exhaustive answers to these questions. However, Morocco\u2019s political history displays a particularism (and not an exceptionalism) that we cannot ignore when analyzing the evolution of political Islam in this country.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28526,"template":"","class_list":["post-28543","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"date_tournage":"","yoast_head":"\n