Valdai Club

“Islam in Politics: Ideology or Pragmatism?” Report presentation.

Moscow

Materials

Islam in Politics: Ideology or Pragmatism?

The report assesses the ongoing transformation of the Middle East and offers a forecast of future developments. The authors focus on Islam and its values as a political force in the Middle East and North Africa. The key issue is the opposition between ideology and pragmatism. The authors seek to answer the following question: “Can ideology and pragmatism coexist, or are they bound to lead to conflict and upheaval, like we are witnessing today?”

Report: Islam in Politics: Ideology or Pragmatism?

This report is based on discussions held at the Valdai Club's Middle East Dialogue conference, which took place in Marrakesh, Morocco, on May 14-15, 2013. The event was attended by high-profile politicians from the Middle East and North Africa, including leaders of Islamist movements, as well as prominent experts, analysts and journalists from Russia and around the world.

Vitaly Naumkin, Alexander Aksenyonok, Boris Dolgov, Irina Zvyagelskaya, Vasily Kuznetsov, Veniamin Popov