Abstract
The paper is a follow-up analysis of a study about the rise of Islamist youth as a
subculture in the Egyptian context in recent years. Focusing on the Muslim Brotherhood
(MB) as an organizational entity, the study has classified youth into „supportive‟ youth in
terms of their organizational attachment and „critical‟ youth, who have called for more
democracy and youth empowerment. Critical MB youth have been further subdivided
into those who have left the organization and those who have stayed in it despite their
political and/or ideological disagreements with the organization. The subculture of
critical Islamist youth, notably MB youth, has conspicuously converged with other liberal
and secular Egyptian youths regarding their views about democracy. The proposed study
suggests some form of internal mobility, as exhibited by the above classification, where
based on their altered stance towards democracy a number of „critical‟ Islamist youth
have joined the „supportive‟ camp and a number of „supportive‟ Islamist youth have
developed „radicalized‟ stances. Interestingly enough, some level of convergence could
bind supportive and critical Islamist MB youth together, at the expense of their
relationship with other liberal and secular youths. The paper is based on semi-structured
interviews and content analysis using academic sources and journalistic material.
Dina Hosni. (2018) Islamism and Democracy: The Dilemma of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Youth, Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Volume VIII, Issue 2.
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