Globalization and Islamism: The Developments in the Arab World (2011-2016) in Focus

The protests against regimes since 2011 were considered as a new movement in Arab world, which was against the trend of political thought in this region since it poses a new reading of traditional elements in modern times. All societies are faced with the phenomenon of globalization as an undeniable fact which brings opportunities and threats to all schools of thought. Western liberal democracy is aided by globalization to be expanded geographically. Arab revolutions should be considered in the context of this process too. Here the question is: How does globalization affect the orientation of Islamism, especially in relation to Arab world’s changes of 2011-2016? In this article the claim is that globalization paved the way for Islamic movements which were evident in the developments taking place recently in Arab world but, at the same time, it led to some changes in the attitude of Islamist elites of Arab world. Political Islam was one of the main readings of recent changes in this region.