We provided clarification on the Believers Without Borders Foundation publication, Arab Radical Nationalism and Political Islam, for Hawari Uday.
This book examines the struggles faced by Arab nations as they sought independence. In the first phase, which was dominated by the radical nationalist ideologies of the Arab world, these ideologies were highly successful in achieving both geographical and political independence, whether in regards to the Ottoman Empire or the European colonial powers. This phase saw the emergence of independent Arab nations, some of which are discussed in this book.
The failure of the radical Arab nationalism lies in its misfortune with a number of issues Fateh (secularism, law, political representation, economy building, market requirements, globalisation, and civil rights). The second stage, the stage of building society and state institutions, quickly revealed the failure of the radical Arab nationalism and its inability to face the challenges of modernity, with some contrast between the republican and monarchy systems.
) occasionally by innocence, misinterpretation, and appreciation, and occasionally through ignoring, intransigence, or violence.
This failure has resulted in the emergence of a second ideology, political or Islamic Islam, which seeks to displace the radical Arab nationalism as a cultural perception and political will. This ideology has been extremely successful in destabilising Arab nationalism as an ideological entity, particularly in the republics where it manifested itself. Islamism is a viable alternative, but it also suffers from excessive utopianism, a lack of a defined programme of governance, and ambiguity in its stance on democracy and individual liberties—deficiencies that “post-Islamism” attempts to correct, in varying degrees, particularly in Turkey, Iran, and Morocco.
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Radical Arab nationalism and political Islam has a violent past
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