The case of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt as well as that of...

The case of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt as well as that of the Islamic Societies in recent years may be considered in this connection.Arab nationalism is in a worse condition, in the estimation of viability, than what it thinks Islam is in.

If we grant that both movements currently exhibit signs of failure or weakness, Islam has at its credit the fact that it has been forcefully excluded from the sphere of action in its own countries for more than a century now by repeated colonialist and, then, nationalist attacks. Islam is viable as a living creed which shapes the believers' values and view of life and it is not, as Arab nationalism, a…