Post-Islamism as a reaction to the instability of socio-political systems in the MENA region
The article presents an analysis of such a complex phenomenon as post-Islamism, which emerged as an alternative model to the ideas of Islamism that underwent a crisis in the 1990s. In the post-Islamist interpretation, Islamism as a political ideology is "turned into the past", while post-Islamism is an ideology that is able to adapt to modern realities, and does not pose a threat to political systems. A distinctive feature of post-Islamic ideas is their compatibility with the principles of democracy in a globalizing world. Unlike Islamism, post-Islamism focuses on the rights of an individual instead of his duties. However, these progressive ideas could not become a full-fledged replacement for Islamism, since the decline in its popularity at the end of the XX century turned out to be temporary. The Arab Spring significantly influenced the ideological architecture of the region. The victory of moderate Islamists in the parliamentary elections in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco led to the onset of a new phase of post-Islamism. However, the process of creating post-Islamic societies is at the stage of formation, and it is still too early to talk about the failure of Islamism. Few Islamist organizations and movements have abandoned their goal of creating an Islamic state with the full application of the principles of Sharia. Since post-Islamism is ambiguous, the boundaries between it and Islamism are still blurred and inaccurate.