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Project Syndicate: ISLAM: The Maghreb’s Modern Islamists - Moha Ennaji

ISLAM: The Maghreb’s Modern Islamists
The Arab Spring has led not to Western-style liberal democracy, but to the rise of Islamist parties. The new Islamist governments in Tunisia and Morocco won elections after running on a moderate platform, but they will have to resist pressure from their most conservative supporters, and marginalize extremists in order to succeed in power.