Over the last decade, pious Muslims all over the world have gone
through contradictory transformations. Though public attention
commonly rests on the turn toward violence, this book's stories of
transformation to "moderate Islam" in a previously radical district
in Istanbul exemplify another experience.
In a shift away from distrust of the state to partial
secularization, Islamists in Turkey transitioned through a process
of absorption into existing power structures. With rich
descriptions of life in the district of Sultanbeyli, this unique
work investigates how religious activists organized, how
authorities defeated them, and how the emergent pro-state Justice
and Development Party incorporated them.
As Tugal reveals, the absorption of a radical movement was not
simply the foregone conclusion of an inevitable world-historical
trend but an outcome of contingent struggles. With a closing
comparative look at Egypt and Iran, the book situates the Turkish
case in a broad historical context and discusses why Islamic
politics have not been similarly integrated into secular capitalism
elsewhere.
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