Islamic Associations and the Middle Class

Clark, J.A. (2004)

Article / Letter to editor

To what extent are Islamic associations vehicles for recruitment for Islamist movements? Whom do they recruit? How does recruitment occur? Does the mere provision of health care suffice as a basis for recruitment? Can we assume that all those who work and volunteer in Islamic associations are Islamists with a political agenda? These represent some of the questions that motivated research in Jordan in 1998 to examine the political significance of the Islamic Centre Charity Society (ICCS) as part of a larger comparative study of Islamic associations in Jordan, Yemen, and Egypt.

• Middle Class

• All authors: Clark, J.A.
• Date: 2004
• Journal: ISIM Newsletter
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 51 - 51
• Publisher: ISIM, Leiden