At the Service of Islam: The Islamists' Role in Morocco's Democratic Islamic Monarchy

BONUS LINK:  My entire (so far) grad school notes collection can be found here. 

Below is a paper I wrote that takes a slightly different tack on Islamism in Morocco (a shorter take).  

Excerpt:

"The monarchy’s survival strategy has always hinged on their assumption as the final arbiter and authority for all Islam in Morocco. King Muhammad VI continues to view his role as “commander of the faithful” as giving him all necessary legitimacy to interact with, guide and disenfranchise the Islamic parties when needed. In Morocco especially one sees a certain distinction between Islam and Islamism. Because the monarchy pulls Islam under its purview and ownership on one hand and pulls its main religious opponent, the Islamists, into the secular political arena—Islam never has had a chance to become Islamism in the traditional sense."

At the Service of Islam: The Islamists' Role in Morocco's Democratic Islamic Monarchy

50 Shades of Islam: the Rise of Morocco's Democratic "Islamarchy"

BONUS LINK:  My entire (so far) grad school notes collection can be found here. 

Below is a paper I wrote recently on Islam in Morocco.  Here's a snippet.  As are most things, it's a work in progress.

"Failing to acknowledge the critical role of Islamism in Morocco ignores the role Islam plays as the connective tissue between all of its institutions. A democratic Islamarchy is a version of Islamism that is more palatable to Western democracies than Islamism itself in any other country. For as long as there is a pro-western authoritarian king in place, the public at large can extol the Islamists’ parliamentary rise, confident that King Muhammad will never allow the “one vote, once” phenomenon to occur, and confident that legislature will remaining an echo chamber—loud at times but void of power and prone to royal manipulation and division."

50 Shades of Islam: the Rise of Morocco's Democratic Islamarchy

Notes Islamism in Morocco by Zeghal Malika

Below are my notes on Malika's book.  I used these for a few papers (links here in a little bit) and I pretty much already paraphrased all the notes.

Islamism in Morocco, Zeghal Malika, 2008, Markus Wiener Publishers
Malika Zeghal, Islamism in Morocco, Markus Wiener Publishers (2008)

Notes of Islamist Opposition in Authoritarian Regimes by Wagner

Islamist Opposition in Authoritarian Regimes: the Party of Justice and Development in Morocco by Eva Wagner


Below are my notes on Wagner's book.  I used these for a few papers (links here in a little bit) and I pretty much already paraphrased all the notes.

Eva Wagner, Islamist Opposition in Authoritarian Regimes: the Party of Justice and
Development in Morocco, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2011).