Young Islam (ebook)

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"This book offers a fascinating look at the competition between different Islamist groups in Morocco. Spiegel presents a rich political narrative, but also a nicely textured look at the lived experience of Islamist political participation by young Moroccans."--Marc Lynch, WashingtonPost.com’s Monkey Cage blog

"[E]legantly written. . . . Instead of simplistic dichotomies between secularism and its Islamist critics, readers discover a range of perspectives. The author is conversant with sophisticated scholarly debates, but the book is nonetheless engaging and readable."--Choice

"Finally, an examination of Islamism that eschews the abstract generalizations and simple dichotomies that plague our conversations about political Islam. By presenting Islamism as a dynamic and complex amalgamation of competing organizations and orientations, Spiegel provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of the Middle East."--Reza Aslan, author of No god but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

"Young Islam is destined to become the classic work on competition between Islamists--a topic of major importance in our changing world. Required reading for experts, students, and anyone who wants to understand the future of Islam worldwide."--Noah Feldman, author of The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State

"Young Islam is a wonderful ethnographic account of the struggles within Islamist movements that has far broader implications for the way we conceive the driving forces behind the rise and behavior of these movements. Although young Islamists in Morocco are the focal point of this study, the book provides a way of thinking about Islamist struggles elsewhere. It's worth reading."--Shibley Telhami, author of The World through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East

"Young Islam is a fascinating and fresh account of the changing landscape of political Islam in Morocco. Spiegel, drawing on years of fieldwork and unprecedented access, moves away from easy characterizations and offers an intimate portrayal of the lives of young Moroccan Islamists as they're actually lived."--Shadi Hamid, author of Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East

"What makes Spiegel’s book so distinctive and important is that it provides a rich and in-depth account of how those at the bottom of the Islamist pyramid--Muslim youth--are attracted to and participate in Islamic movements. Young Islam is a work of exceptional scholarship and impressive research that will force students and scholars of Islamic politics to rethink their assumptions. It is a breath of intellectual fresh air."--John P. Entelis, Fordham University

"Spiegel asks timely questions about the conclusions that have been drawn about Islamists in Morocco and the Arab world more broadly. Using an enormous amount of ethnographic analysis and a very sensitive appreciation of Moroccan history and culture, he offers a sophisticated corrective to the stereotypes. This is a significant achievement and it has important policy ramifications."--Clark B. Lombardi, University of Washington School of Law

"Spiegel is that rare creature, an academic who presents serious fieldwork in a totally accessible form. This book is therefore not only a valuable contribution to understanding Moroccan youth today but has relevance to the entire Islamic world."--Jonathan Fryer, Interlib

Winner of a Washington Post Abu Aardvark 2015 Middle East Book Award
Co-Winner of the 2016 Book Award, Religion and International Relations Section, International Studies Association0A Note on Language vii
A Note on Anonymity ix
Introduction ISLAMIST PLURALISM 1
Part I RELATIONSHIPS
1 SHUTTLE ETHNOGRAPHY 21
2 COEVOLUTION 33
Part II IDENTITIES
3 RANK AND FILE 61
4 WHAT YOUTH WANT 87
Part III SHADOWS
5 UNHEARD VOICES OF DISSENT 115
6 REGULATING ISLAM 129
Part IV INDIVIDUALS
7 EVERY RECRUITER IS A REINTERPRETER 151
8 SUITS AND DJELLABAS 165
9 STRATEGIZING THE SACRED 177
Conclusion THE NEXT ISLAMIST GENERATION 193
Acknowledgments 199
Notes 201
Index 243