1. TOLERATION AND THE NEW ARAB POLITICS.
- Author
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Makiya, Kanan
- Subjects
ISLAMIC renewal ,ISLAMIC civilization ,PERSIAN Gulf War, 1991 ,RELIGIOUS awakening -- Islam ,RELIGION & politics ,TOLERATION ,ARABIC newspapers ,ISLAMIC modernism - Abstract
The article discusses issues related to the emergence of the process of substituting Islamic references for secular-nationalist ones in Arab countries. Since the Gulf War, a new kind of writing in some Arabic newspapers has appeared, resulting to the exploration of the concept of toleration with reference to the question of whether it contains a usable past that can anchor it in the Arab-Muslim tradition. While the concept of toleration may not have pressing necessity at earlier phases of Arab socio-political development, an increasing number of Arabs are finding it in the current world.
- Published
- 1995
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