Many debates between Islamists and secularists have taken place in the Arab political sphere with the aim of building bridges of communication between the two actors who contributed to the transformations that have taken place in the Arab world. Despite the multiple dialogues between Islamists and secularists, conflict and tension have prevailed on both sides, with conflict taking on all forms of material and moral violence. One of the most significant indicators of the crisis in communication is the emergence of violence. That being so, this study broaches the problem using Habermas’s basic idea, which focuses on violence as a disease of human discourse and communication. According to Habermas, violence is the result of distorted discourse between fundamentalists and others; it is a distorted discourse because it does not recognize the other as it is. The study employs the Habermas communicative action theory as a central concept. Accordingly, Habermas’s theory of communication is invoked to understand the causes of the escalation of violence in the Arab political sphere.
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March 01 2018
Islamic-Secular Dialogue in the Arab World: A Crisis of Communication and the Revival of Violence
Mohammed El-Msaoui
1Faculty of Legal Sciences, Economic and Social Affairs, Ibn Zahr University, Agadir, Morocco
Mohammed El-Msaoui, PhD in Political Science, is a Profesor of Political Science in Ibn Zoher University, Agadir, Morocco. He has published publications entitled: “Human Rights in the New Arab Constitutions: Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt” (2018), “Human Rights and Public Freedoms Between International Law and Domestic Legislation” (2016), “Constitutional Law and Political Systems”. He has published several articles in the Arab Political Science Review, The Intellectual and Cultural Studies, Al Hanan Human Rights, and The Public Policies Review, about different current issues in the Arab world such as human rights, political participation, political modernity, and electoral behavior among Moroccan youth. He has published several articles in collective books as well with his colleges about various topics. Email: [email protected]
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Mohammed El-Msaoui, PhD in Political Science, is a Profesor of Political Science in Ibn Zoher University, Agadir, Morocco. He has published publications entitled: “Human Rights in the New Arab Constitutions: Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt” (2018), “Human Rights and Public Freedoms Between International Law and Domestic Legislation” (2016), “Constitutional Law and Political Systems”. He has published several articles in the Arab Political Science Review, The Intellectual and Cultural Studies, Al Hanan Human Rights, and The Public Policies Review, about different current issues in the Arab world such as human rights, political participation, political modernity, and electoral behavior among Moroccan youth. He has published several articles in collective books as well with his colleges about various topics. Email: [email protected]
Contemporary Arab Affairs (2018) 11 (1-2): 63–89.
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Mohammed El-Msaoui; Islamic-Secular Dialogue in the Arab World: A Crisis of Communication and the Revival of Violence. Contemporary Arab Affairs 1 March 2018; 11 (1-2): 63–89. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/caa.2018.000005
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