Bureaucratizing Islam - Morocco and the War on Terror

This book analyzes Morocco's unique response to counter-terrorism through the development of a religious bureaucracy to define and disseminate Islam.

List of contents

Transliteration notes; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction: joining the war on terror; 2. Middle Eastern states' responses to the war on terror; Part I. Reshaping Islam: 3. Moroccan Islam in the twenty-first century; 4. Anatomy of a religious bureaucracy; Part II. Reshaping the State: 5. Gendered reforms in 'moderate' Morocco; 6. Deploying Moroccan religious policy through public education; 7. Controlling credentials in higher Islamic education; 8. Exporting Moroccan Islam: a religious foreign policy; Conclusion: Morocco, the US, and the problem of terrorism; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Ann Marie Wainscott is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Miami University. In 2017, she will serve as the American Academy of Religion/Luce Fellow in Religion and International Affairs at the State Department, and will be placed in the Office of Religion and Global Affairs as a counterterrorism specialist. She has previously been named a Boren Fellow and a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow. She speaks French and Arabic. Her work has appeared in the Journal of North African Studies.

Summary

This book analyses Morocco's unique response to counter-terrorism through the development of a religious bureaucracy to define and disseminate Islam. It will appeal to those interested in Middle Eastern politics and state-society relations in the Arab world, as well as policymakers interested in security studies and counter-terrorism policies.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Marie Wainscott, Ann Marie (Miami University) Wainscott
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2017
• EAN: 9781316510490
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51049-0
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Morocco, Islamic Studies, Terrorism, armed struggle, Constitution: government & the state, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Constitution: government and the state, Social groups: religious groups and communities