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194 Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies Núm. 11 / 2018 AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLURALITY OF POLITICAL ISLAM. THE CASES OF TUNISIA, TURKEY AND MOROCCO PROLOGUE When preparing this paper, we selected for analysis three Islamist parties in government. According to The Economist, the situation of these political parties in the Arab world in 2017 is as follows:1 Image 1: The Economist, 28-08-20171 Let us begin with Tunisia: Ennahda is the largest party in parliament. It is part of a ruling coalition with secular parties. Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s2 AK party (Justice and Development Party) holds a substantial majority in parliament. Morocco: The Justice and Development Party has won the two most recent elections and leads a government that includes secular parties. The three parties are in government, but each is in a different situation, at a different stage, and have, on occasions, developed along different paths. 1  https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21727061-auguries-are-mixed-can-political-islam-make- it-modern-world Accessed on 02-09-2017. 2  The graphs used in the paper are Western ones, primarily sourced from the media. http://revista.ieee.es


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