Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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Salafism and Arab Democratization By Kamran Bokhari | Oct. 2, 2012 The outbreak of the Arab Spring in 2011 brought significant attention to groups seeking to establish Islamic states -- known as Islamists -- in countries once ruled by secular autocrats. The bulk of this attention went to already established political groups such as the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, which caused consternation in the West when its Freedom and Justice Party won control of both Egypt's parliament and its presidency. Much less attention was paid to the Brotherhood's principal Islamist competitors, members of the ultraconservative Salafist movement, despite their second-place finish in Egypt's parliamentary elections. This changed in late September when certain Salafists played a key role in the unrest in reaction to an anti-Islamic video posted on the Internet. Read More »