Regionally, political commentators who dedicated much of their time to discredit various Islamic political parties – often on behalf of one Arab government or another – found in the news another supposed proof that political Islam is a failure in both theory and practice. “Commentators regarded the fall of PJD as the final nail in the coffin of political Islam,” he added. These knee-jerk, cliched reactions were boosted by the ongoing political crisis in Tunisia, the main victim of which, aside from Tunisian democracy, is the Ennahda Islamic party. ‘Political Islam’ became synonymous with the ‘Arab Spring’. Indeed, at times, it seemed as if the Islamic party, elected to steer the country away from the rule of a single individual, was serving the role of the King’s official political party.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 02, 2021 19:36 UTC