L’usage politique de l’islam : l’universel au service d’un État. Le cas du Maroc
One cannot study the relationships between Arab countries and globalization without taking Islam into account for it offers symbolic support to legitimizing local power. Morocco is a good example : the relations between the royal court (Makhzen) and Islamic features such as being the Commander of th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université Catholique de Louvain
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rsa/575 |
| Summary: | One cannot study the relationships between Arab countries and globalization without taking Islam into account for it offers symbolic support to legitimizing local power. Morocco is a good example : the relations between the royal court (Makhzen) and Islamic features such as being the Commander of the Faithful or Sheriffhood make of modernity a mere virtual or functional sphere. Even the emergence of Islamic contestation contributes to the consecration of the traditional repertory. On the other hand, the rise of world Islam during the last thirty years has opened up political opportunities for Morocco on the international stage – for instance the agencies of Islamic diplomacy (OCI, ISESCO) or the quest for a new role in European Islam. By managing the interaction between the local and the global, the regime is able to keep itself in power. |
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| ISSN: | 1782-1592 2033-7485 |