Bureaucratizing Islam : Morocco and the War on Terror / Ann Marie Wainscott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wainscott, Ann Marie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--Morocco--21st century.

Islam and politics.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Political aspects.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Politics and government.

Terrorism.

International cooperation.

Morocco--Politics and government--21st century.

Morocco.

Terrorism--Morocco--Prevention--21st century.

Terrorism--Morocco--Prevention--International cooperation--21st century.

Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

xiii, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Morocco and the War on Terror

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, ©2017.

Summary:

How have states in the Middle East and North Africa responded to the War on Terror? While much scholarship has focused on terrorism in the region, there is need for critical studies of Middle Eastern states' counter-terrorism policies. This book addresses that need by investigating Morocco's unique approach to counter-terrorism: the bureaucratization of religion. Morocco's strategy is unique in the degree to which it relies on reforms that seek to make the country's religious institutions into tools for rewarding loyalty and discouraging dissent from religious elites. Through these measures they have limited opposition through an enduring form of institutional control, accommodating some of the country's most virulent critics. This book will be of great use to researchers and scholars of Middle Eastern politics, and it will also appeal to those policymakers interested in security studies and counter-terrorism policies.

Contents:

Introduction: Joining the War on Terror

Middle Eastern states: responses to the War on Terror

Part I. Reshaping Islam

Moroccan Islam in the twenty-first century

Anatomy of a religious bureaucracy

Part II. Reshaping the state

Gendered reforms in "moderate" Morocco

Deploying Moroccan religious policy through public education

Controlling credentials in higher Islamic education

Exporting Moroccan Islam: a religious foreign policy

Conclusion: Morocco, the US, and the problem of terrorism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and (pages 242-265) index.

ISBN:

9781316510490

1316510492

OCLC:

1005738354