Between Democracy and Islam: The Rise of Islamists’ Political Awareness in Jordan Between 2011 to 2024 and Its Effects on Religious, National, and Political Identities
This article traces the strengthening of Muslim movements in Jordan, emphasizing the period that marked the beginning of the regional upheaval (2011). It aims to examine whether and how this strengthening affected religious, national, and political identities. The article examines the interrelations...
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| description | This article traces the strengthening of Muslim movements in Jordan, emphasizing the period that marked the beginning of the regional upheaval (2011). It aims to examine whether and how this strengthening affected religious, national, and political identities. The article examines the interrelationships between the Hashemite regime and the Salafi movements in Jordan during and after the Arab Spring. This examination shows that there was a deterioration, aggravation, and erosion in these relations, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, also an understanding on the part of the regime that despite this the Salafis are interested in taking part in the Jordanian political game. In this discourse between the Salafi movements and the regime, we will also examine whether the movements sought to change the regime’s nature and, thus, the nature of society in Jordan from a Hashemite national identity to a Salafi identity. The article is based on secondary and primary sources that unfold a fascinating picture of dialectics and dialog between the ideological extremes of democracy and Islam. The main findings are that these processes, during and after the Arab Spring, tend to contain religious groups that will also participate in politics, out of recognition of the supremacy of the law of the state, which is not necessarily religious. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2fb0a9c8fbdd42a0893848aab6565efe2025-08-20T03:43:51ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442025-03-0116338810.3390/rel16030388Between Democracy and Islam: The Rise of Islamists’ Political Awareness in Jordan Between 2011 to 2024 and Its Effects on Religious, National, and Political IdentitiesYael Keinan-Cohen0Gadi Hitman1Elad Ben-Dror2Department of Middle Eastern Studies & Political Science, Ariel University, Ariel 4070000, IsraelDepartment of Middle Eastern Studies & Political Science, Ariel University, Ariel 4070000, IsraelDepartment of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, IsraelThis article traces the strengthening of Muslim movements in Jordan, emphasizing the period that marked the beginning of the regional upheaval (2011). It aims to examine whether and how this strengthening affected religious, national, and political identities. The article examines the interrelationships between the Hashemite regime and the Salafi movements in Jordan during and after the Arab Spring. This examination shows that there was a deterioration, aggravation, and erosion in these relations, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, also an understanding on the part of the regime that despite this the Salafis are interested in taking part in the Jordanian political game. In this discourse between the Salafi movements and the regime, we will also examine whether the movements sought to change the regime’s nature and, thus, the nature of society in Jordan from a Hashemite national identity to a Salafi identity. The article is based on secondary and primary sources that unfold a fascinating picture of dialectics and dialog between the ideological extremes of democracy and Islam. The main findings are that these processes, during and after the Arab Spring, tend to contain religious groups that will also participate in politics, out of recognition of the supremacy of the law of the state, which is not necessarily religious.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/3/388Jordanian identitySalafismMuslim BrotherhooddemocratizationArab Springreligious identity |
| spellingShingle | Yael Keinan-Cohen Gadi Hitman Elad Ben-Dror Between Democracy and Islam: The Rise of Islamists’ Political Awareness in Jordan Between 2011 to 2024 and Its Effects on Religious, National, and Political Identities Religions Jordanian identity Salafism Muslim Brotherhood democratization Arab Spring religious identity |
| title | Between Democracy and Islam: The Rise of Islamists’ Political Awareness in Jordan Between 2011 to 2024 and Its Effects on Religious, National, and Political Identities |
| title_full | Between Democracy and Islam: The Rise of Islamists’ Political Awareness in Jordan Between 2011 to 2024 and Its Effects on Religious, National, and Political Identities |
| title_fullStr | Between Democracy and Islam: The Rise of Islamists’ Political Awareness in Jordan Between 2011 to 2024 and Its Effects on Religious, National, and Political Identities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between Democracy and Islam: The Rise of Islamists’ Political Awareness in Jordan Between 2011 to 2024 and Its Effects on Religious, National, and Political Identities |
| title_short | Between Democracy and Islam: The Rise of Islamists’ Political Awareness in Jordan Between 2011 to 2024 and Its Effects on Religious, National, and Political Identities |
| title_sort | between democracy and islam the rise of islamists political awareness in jordan between 2011 to 2024 and its effects on religious national and political identities |
| topic | Jordanian identity Salafism Muslim Brotherhood democratization Arab Spring religious identity |
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