The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 135)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 135)

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scientific heritage of the West.* ‘The will to speculate,
argue, and explore was not a commonplace feature of the Arab
intellectuality. The will to believe and conform was stronger.
The above features constituted the historical require-
ments that an ideology had to meet. They also constituted
limitations that an ideology had to face and overcome. It
is to be understood that the role of an ideology is not only
to satisfy the intellectual demands and the political needs
of a group of people, but also to develop those demands and
needs so as to reach a higher stage of development. An
ideology answers people's questions, but these answers should
raise new questions.
Two political movements had made an impact on the
masses in the Arab East before Arab nationalism asserted
itself as an ideology: the Muslim Brotherhood and Communism.
Both of them offered a simplified interpretation of the
universe and history. The former exploited the religious
feelings and the longing for the glorious Islamic Empire.
The latter encouraged the sense of revolt against tradition.
The fact that both were uncomplicated yet comprehensive
systems explains their strength in appealing to the mentality
of the Arab masses. But at the same time, it explains their
weakness as well.
In asserting the supreme importance of Islam, the
Muslim Brotherhood could not explain the cause of Arab
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2p, Bayly Winder (trans.), The Meaning of the Disaster,
by Constantin K. Zurayk (Beirut: Khayat's College Book Co-op,
1956), p. 34.

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party

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1971-02-07

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Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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