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#DD13: Does a Successful Democratic Transition in the Arab World Require the Participation of Political Islam?

In the third installment of Munathara Policy Debates series, Munathara took on an issue the entire Arab world is talking about: what role should Islamic political parties play in the democratic process in the region?

Broadcast live on Al Jazeera Mubasher, the debate featured two young finalists from among the 274 youth participants from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Palestine, Mauritania, and Jordan who submitted their 99-second videos during Musabaqat #DD13, Munathara online debate competition.

On the side that supported the motion, Morocco's Azhar Rym Qachach, 21, teamed up with Mrs. Meherzia Labidi, the Tunisian parliamentarian and former first vice president of the Tunisian General Assembly. Yemen Muhammed al-Kubati, 19, joined with Mrs. Wafa Elbueise, the Libyan lawyer and novelist, on the opposing side.

The #DD13 debate was moderated by the Egyptian broadcast journalist Karema Awad. It addressed a wide arrange of issues, including: secularism and fundamentalism; exclusion and participation; the nature of a civil state; and the experiences of Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen with Islamic movements and parties. At the beginning of the debate, 71 percent of the studio audience were in favor of political Islam participation in the democratic process while 29 percent were opposed. By the end of the debate, 64 percent of the audience supported Islamists participation while 36 percent were opposed. For persuading so much of the audience to change its mind, the team arguing against the motion, Muhammed al-Kubati and Wafa Elbueise, was declared the winner of #DD13.

The team against the motion won the debate, the audience voted in the end of the debate: 64% for the motion - 36% against the motion

==ar==

ما هو دور الاسلام السياسي في التجارب الديمقراطية الناشئة؟

انتهت الحلقة بفوز الفريق المعارض للأطروحة حيث كانت نتيجة التصويت النهائي: 64% مع الأطروحة - 36% ضد الأطروحة

==en== #DD13: Does a successful democratic transition in the Arab world require the participation of political Islam? ==ar== DD13: هل يتطلب الانتقال الديمقراطي في العالم العربي مشاركة الاسلام السياسي؟
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Speakers For:

Meherzia Labidi
Azhar Rim Qachach

Speakers Against:

Wafa Elbueise
Muhammed al-Kubati

Moderator

Karema Awad

Location

Tunis, Tunisia

Language

Modern Standard Arabic
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