Le salafisme au maghreb: Menace pour la sécurité ou facteur de stabilité politique?

Abstract

In the Maghreb, where Islamic fundamentalist attacks are more and more frequent, the growing popularity of Salafism, which has three tendencies (revolutionary, missionary, and political), is worrying. The revolutionary movement advocates radical action as the only means of social change, the missionary tendency is apolitical and calls for a comeback of the original Islam, and the political trend defends activism in order to convince Muslims that establishing an Islamic society is necessary. These three tendencies, even if they are distinct, are all against the West, which is accused of dragging Islam into decline. The success of Salafism can be explained by the failure of re-Islamization movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood; these are blamed by the Salafists for their concessions on Koranic references, political conciliation, and the instrumentalisation of Islam in a partisan logic. © Dalloz/I.R.I.S.. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays.