Muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century Tunisia

This article revisits the origins of the Islamic reformist movement that arose in the nieneteenth century. Tunisia was chosen because the spirit of reform manifested itself in the form of intellectual activity and socio-political action. The article highlights the features of the Tunisian experience...

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Main Author: El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
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Language:English
Published: Association of Muslim Social Scientists & The International Institute of Islamic Thought 2008
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spelling iium-70972013-05-09T07:30:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/7097/ Muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century Tunisia El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir BP173.5 Islam and world politics This article revisits the origins of the Islamic reformist movement that arose in the nieneteenth century. Tunisia was chosen because the spirit of reform manifested itself in the form of intellectual activity and socio-political action. The article highlights the features of the Tunisian experience before the French occupation in 1881, reveals the cooperation and complementary relationship between religious scholars and statesmen that gave the reform efforts their substance and form, and discusses the dynamic of the forces that were in play and helped determine the attempted reforms' fate. Association of Muslim Social Scientists & The International Institute of Islamic Thought 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/7097/1/Muslim_Reformist_Action_in_Ninetheenth-century_Tunisia_-_AJISS_25-2_-_2008.pdf El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir (2008) Muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century Tunisia. The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 25 (2). pp. 49-82. ISSN 0742-6763 http://i-epistemology.net/attachments/927_ajiss-25-2-stripped%20-%20El-Mesawi%20-%20Muslim%20Reformist%20Action%20in%20Ninetheenth%20Century%20Tunisia.pdf
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El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
Muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century Tunisia
description This article revisits the origins of the Islamic reformist movement that arose in the nieneteenth century. Tunisia was chosen because the spirit of reform manifested itself in the form of intellectual activity and socio-political action. The article highlights the features of the Tunisian experience before the French occupation in 1881, reveals the cooperation and complementary relationship between religious scholars and statesmen that gave the reform efforts their substance and form, and discusses the dynamic of the forces that were in play and helped determine the attempted reforms' fate.
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author El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
author_facet El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
author_sort El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
title Muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century Tunisia
title_short Muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century Tunisia
title_full Muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century Tunisia
title_fullStr Muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century Tunisia
title_full_unstemmed Muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century Tunisia
title_sort muslim reformist action in nineteenth-century tunisia
publisher Association of Muslim Social Scientists & The International Institute of Islamic Thought
publishDate 2008
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/7097/
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