A most respected source for legal methodology: Sunni Legal Schools 1.Imam Malik (8th & 9th centuries) 2.Abu Hanifa 3.Al-Shafi’i 4.Ibn Hanbal

The AKP political party in Turkey was founded in 2001 and it included new urban class solidarity-based groups with rural origins and a shared Islamic ethos.  These groups had been culturally and economically excluded by the Kemalist elite. [Founded in 2001 by members of a number of existing conservative parties, the party has won pluralities in the five most recent legislative elections, those of 2002, 2007, 2011, June 2015, and November 2015.]

Since 1979 revolution – Iran has experienced two non-class power structures: 1) populsim and 2) clientelism

The Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Action Front (IAF) has for the greater part of its existence enjoyed a considerably more cooperative and mutually supportive relationship with the regime, the monarchy. 

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There is no difference between those Islamist movements that emphasize “jihad” and those that pursue politics through non-violent, even democratic means.

By the 1970s, the Shah’s regime is increasingly beholden to the Soviet Union, and popular discontent is endemic.  Students protest in late 1978 are joined by merchants and intellectuals prompting crackdowns and martial law.

Which country chose a non-confessional government over an Islamic state in order to unite some 6,000 inhabited islands that hold a variety of cultures and religions.

An Islamist movement’s commitment to the democratic process cannot be tested until there is a meaningful democratic political process in which it can choose to engage.

There are many theories for political Islam; it is not a monolithic concept