The democratic evolution of the Moroccan Islamists

Authors

  • KAMAL MEJAHDI

Keywords:

democratic evolution, moderation, Moroccans islamists, incentives.

Abstract

This essay deal with the issue of the condition and incentives that can lead islamist groups to make advances toward a democratic trend. The analysis emphasizes the two big formations of Moroccan Islamism; Justice and Spirituality, and Justice and Development. The comparative study of evolutionary process in both formation, advise to a necessary distinction, in semi authoritarian context, between moderation as accommodation to the established game, which can be a consequence of authorities repression or of electoral incentive. And a process of moderation which entail a democratic evolution emerged as an outcome of the political learning and the transformation of values in islamists groups.

Published

2010-03-22

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Section

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