Nr. 1/2024BASIRA HUSSEN Political Islam and Secularism: Insights from the Hamburg Demonstrations and Beyond
Nr. 1/2024ALESSANDRO DIDDI The Vatican criminal trial and the guarantees of ‘fair trial’. Reflections on the sidelines of a recent ruling by the Vatican Tribunal
ABSTRACT
The Arab Spring was a pro-democracy wave of demonstrations that swept through North Africa and parts of the Middle East during 2011. Although the movement enveloped several largely Muslim countries, the protests were sparked and led by young and modern activists that gave them a secular character. Soon, however, the Arab Spring had taken a distinctly Islamist turn.
The impact of the Arab uprising on the minorities non-Muslims is an issue that has far-reaching political implications.
Since the revolutions of 2011, religious violence has increased in the Arab world, primarily consisting of Muslim attacks on Christians. This paper focuses attention on the ways in which the Christian minorities reacted to the outbreak of uprising in 2011. This article examines especially the situation of the Coptic Christian community in Egypt and that of Christian population in Syria.
KEYWORDS
Arab Awakening; Arab Spring; Middle East; Non-Muslim Minorities, Eastern Christianity
