Mahboob ThahaMahboob ThahaResearch ScholarResearch Scholar

Centre for West Asian StudiesCentre for West Asian StudiesJamia Mil l ia Islamia Jamia Mil l ia Islamia New Delhi - 110025New Delhi - 110025

Change of the policies of the Islamists Their reaction to the changes Examples of Egypt and Tunisia Reasons for the change

Widening of the movement’s umbrella Formation of political parties Names of the political parties Women’s role in the movements

Democracy as a tool Secularism – as a feature of Islam Democracy – mostly benefitted the Islamists

Implementation of Sharia’ – process Implementation of the objectives of Sharia top

priority of the Islamist movements Usage of the term Sharia’ not necessary

America’s supremacy cannot be neglected Economical advancement – help of IMF and such

bodies might be necessary

Gap between 1924 and 2012 is huge Circumstances have changed Restoration of Caliphate – in the beginning Activities of the Islamic movements –

concentrated on the restoration of the consciousness of the restoration of Caliphate

Muslim Brotherhood corrected Banna’s uniform tradition of activity

Their approach was more pluralistic The names of political parties included words like

freedom, justice, development etc. which showed their accommodative nature

Seems as though the Islamists were not ready Their slogans on the streets were not suitable now

while in power. They were thrown into a situation in which they

had to solve the acute problems of the nations – poverty, development, education etc.

Rashid al Ghanooshi – he had predicted the changes and done the homework

His policies helped the Islamists in Tunisia to adapt themselves to the changing scenario

Policy of coalition Islamists realized that they alone cannot handle

the situations and issues of the nation

Islamic movements have been able to go beyond their mentor’s and founder’s words and ideas

Situations also compel them to alter their former policies

They have realized that they cannot ignore the developments and factors of globalization taking place around the globe,