Residence Geneva Nationality Tunisian, Swiss | Name Riadh Sidaoui Role Writer | |
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Born 14 May 1967
Bou Hajla, Tunisia ( 1967-05-14 ) Fields sociology, political sciences Alma mater Tunis University, University of Geneva Education Tunis University, University of Geneva | ||
Radio cap fm clair et net interview avec dr riadh sidaoui
Riadh Sidaoui (رياض الصيداوي) (born in Bou Hajla, 14 May 1967) is a Tunisian writer and political scientist who has a Swiss nationality.
Contents
- Radio cap fm clair et net interview avec dr riadh sidaoui
- Riadh sidaoui la grande d faite des islamistes wahhabites en libye
- Education
- Islamists
- Saudi Wahhabism
- In English
- In Arabic
- In French
- References
He is the director of the Geneva-based Centre Arabe de Recherches et d'Analyses Politiques et Sociales. Taqadoumiya since 2010. He has had articles and studies published in London, in newspapers such as Al-Hayat and Al-Quds Al-Arabi.
Riadh sidaoui la grande d faite des islamistes wahhabites en libye
Education
After studying in Kairouan, he joined the Tunis University and obtained a master's degree in journalism (political specialization) from the Institute of Press and Information Sciences of Tunis in 1992, and a DEA (diplôme d'études approfondies) in 1995 from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tunis.
He moved to Switzerland in 1995, where he studied at the University of Geneva. After obtaining a Master of Advanced Studies in development studies from the Graduate Institute of Development Studies in 1997, he obtained a Master of Advanced Studies in political sciences from the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of Geneva in 1998.
Islamists
Sidaoui draws attention to the notion that many fanatical Islamists have degrees in sciences; in fact, the September 11, 2001 attacks were committed by men who had completed studies in natural sciences. He explains: "Despite the lack of a comprehensive study on the occupational origin of the leadership of Islamist movements in the Arab world, we can see an almost total domination of scientific careers. It seems that the number of engineers, doctors, physicists, etc., acting on behalf of Islam, is considerable. This thesis is confirmed by the success of Islamists in the elections of scientific advice in the faculties of sciences. This same success is difficult if not impossible in the faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences.".
After the fall of Arab dictators in the Arab Spring, Sidaoui said that the first winners of the revolutions are Islamists in view of their capacity of mobilization and organization. In addition, he noted that the Islamists have the overwhelming support of the Gulf countries, the petrodollars, but also the United States, that accept a moderate Islam in the Arab world (as in Turkey).
Saudi Wahhabism
According to Riadh Sidaoui, habitual use of the term Wahhabism is scientifically false, and it should be substituted with the concept of Saudi Wahhabism, an Islamic doctrine which is based on the historical alliance between the political and financial power represented by Ibn Saud and the religious authority represented by Abdul Al-Wahhab. The doctrine continues to exist to this day thanks to this alliance, the financing of several religious channels, and the formation of several sheikhs.
Sidaoui thinks that the political foundations of Islam lie in the republican democratic and non-Wahhabi monarchy mind. For him Saudi Wahhabism is a threat to Islam, Muslims and all humanity.