The New Islamists |
Articles here explore the rise of political Islam in the Middle East, as Islamic movements struggle to remake the Arab world. |
Samuel Aranda for The New York Times
Moroccans at a rally of the Justice and Development Party in September.
Some Moroccans wonder whether the Arab Spring brought only cosmetic changes, questioning whether the king and his entourage gave up any of their power.
Pavel Wolberg for The New York Times
As Israel and Hamas met separately with Egyptian officials for indirect talks about a truce in the ongoing Gaza fight, Hamas seemed to be trying to exert its sway over ideological allies in Egypt’s government.
Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times
A compromise in the constituent assembly accepted that “the principles of Islamic law” should guide law, but leaves it up to Parliament and the courts to determine how and what.
Mohammad Hannon/Associated Press, for The New York Times
One brother joined the global jihad against the West under the nom de guerre Abu Yahya al-Libi. He rose to become Al Qaeda’s brightest star and second in command, until an American drone strike killed him in Pakistan four months ago.
El Youm El Sabei
Naglaa Ali Mahmoud wears an Islamic head covering that drapes down to her knees, did not attend college and never took her husband’s last name, because that is a Western convention that few Egyptians follow. She also refuses the title of first lady, in favor of simply Um Ahmed, a traditional nickname that identifies her as the mother of Ahmed, her eldest son.
Nicole Tung for The New York Times
Two jihadis in Libya represent opposing directions for Islamists, democracy or militancy with Taliban-style rule, and for the moment, democracy appears to have the upper hand.
Gianluigi Guercia/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Twelve days before a presidential election, a televised debate that carried on into the early morning hours Friday has put the role of Islam in Egypt’s government at the center of the campaign, with the self-described liberal Islamist in the race coming under fire over whether his agenda is too religious or too secular.
Max Becherer for The New York Times
Egypt’s most conservative Islamists endorsed a liberal Islamist for president, upending the political landscape and confounding expectations about the internal dynamics of the Islamist movement.
Moises Saman for The New York Times
Two leading presidential candidates, Mohamed Morsi and Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, differ on religion’s place in Egypt.
Moises Saman for The New York Times
The Muslim Brotherhood nominated its chief strategist as its candidate to become Egypt’s first president since Hosni Mubarak, breaking a pledge not to seek the top office.
Moises Saman for The New York Times
Khairat el-Shater, a leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and an advocate for moderation and modernization, says that recent elections have proved that Egyptians want an explicitly Islamic state.
Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times
In an article he wrote days before his death in Syria, Mr. Shadid examined how a party shaped by repression hopes to act as a regional model after being voted into power in Tunisia.
Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters
A blasphemy trial in Tunis symbolizes an emotional struggle, with implications for the Arab world, playing out with the rise of Islamists after the end of a secular dictatorship.
Slide Show: At the Intersection of Politics, Religion and Government
The Muslim Brotherhood operates many enterprises intended to assist Egyptians in need, including hospitals, markets and schools.
Photographs: Tunisian Islamists Test Theories of Democracy and Religion
After winning elections, members of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party have a chance to apply their belief that faith and democracy are compatible, a concept shaped by decades of struggle, theoretical debates and exile.
Slideshow: At the Intersection of Politics, Religion and Government