Selective Moderation of the Muslim Brotherhood under Mubarak – The Role of the Egyptian Regime’s Discourse and of Islamist Political Inclusion

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Selective Moderation of the Muslim Brotherhood under Mubarak – The Role of the Egyptian Regime’s Discourse and of Islamist Political Inclusion

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This paper aims to contribute to the literature on the inclusion-moderation hypothesis. It seeks to identify factors that – in addition to political inclusion – might hinder or further a group’s ideological moderation. Specifically, this study analyses the effect of a regime’s discourse and of political inclusion on the ideological development of an Islamist group. The paper draws on the case of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) under Mubarak. It finds that moderation only takes hold when inclusion is coupled with a negative regime discourse towards the Brotherhood. It further finds that the moderating effect of such discourse is also sustained when inclusion is reduced to a minimum. Further, this study argues that the content of the regime’s discourse was a key determinant in shaping the only selective moderation the Brotherhood underwent.Keywords: Islamism, ideological moderation, political inclusion, Muslim Brotherhood

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