“Partisan Politics Was Making People Angry”: The Rise and Fall of Political Salafism in Kenya
“Partisan Politics Was Making People Angry”: The Rise and Fall of Political Salafism in Kenya
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“党派政治让人们愤怒”：肯尼亚政治萨拉菲主义的兴衰
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10.1080/21520844.2019.1580088
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2019
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Sebastian Elischer
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作者：
Sebastian Elischer
摘要阿拉伯之春的政治余波和其他地方萨拉菲主义的增长引发了一场关于政治萨拉菲主义优点的新辩论。本文追溯了20世纪90年代初至2017年最近一次选举期间肯尼亚政治萨拉菲主义的发展轨迹。它侧重于萨拉菲领导的两个协会，肯尼亚伊玛目和传教士理事会(CIPK)和全国穆斯林领导人论坛(NAMLEF)。委员会注意到两个事态发展：第一，这两个组织的效力和相关性都在下降；第二，由于前者，政治萨拉菲主义无意中促成了肯尼亚沿海地区穆斯林青年的激进化。这项研究认为，这两者都是几个相互关联的因素的结果，包括CIPK和NAMLEF参与党派政治，肯尼亚政治制度的新世袭性质，以及CIPK和NAMLEF领导人希望参与这一制度并为自己产生高级公共任命。
ABSTRACT The political fallout from the Arab spring and the growth of Salafism elsewhere have sparked a new debate about the merits of political Salafism. This article retraces the trajectory of political Salafism in Kenya between the early 1990s and the most recent elections in 2017. It focuses on two Salafi-led associations, the Council of Imams and Preachers in Kenya (CIPK) and the National Muslim Leaders Forum (NAMLEF). It notes two developments: first, the declining efficacy and relevancy of both organizations; and second, and as a result of the former, the inadvertent contribution of political Salafism to the radicalization of Kenya’s Muslim youth in Kenya’s coastal region. The study argues that both are an outcome of several interrelated factors, including the CIPK’s and NAMLEF’s involvement in partisan politics, the neo-patrimonial nature of Kenya’s political system, as well as the desire of the CIPK and NAMLEF leaderships to participate in that system and to generate high-ranking public appointments for themselves.