Quinn Mecham's guest appearances

Quinn Mecham

POMEPS Middle East Political Science Podcast

Muslim in Moderation

Jason Brownlee

Alexander Thurston

Steven Cook

Colin Kahl

Nathan Brown

Kevan Harris

Narges Bajoghli

Wendy Pearlman

Shiraz Maher

Amaney Jamal

Laleh Khalili

Pete Moore

Frederic Wehrey

Shabana Mir

Samuel Helfont

OwlTail

Muslims in North America have been impacted by Islamophobia and the erosion of their civil liberties in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Despite feeling a sense of injustice, western Muslims have not engaged in significant political action in response. But Muslims have acted collectively on other issues, such as the Syrian refugee crisis. This episode explores the complex identity politics of minority Muslim groups, challenges in forming a religious identity and the landscape after the Christchurch attacks. Quinn Mecham is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Coordinator for Middle East Studies at Brigham Young University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University.Dr. Mecham is the author of Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization, which provides a theory of the institutional origins of Islamist politics, focusing on the development of religious common knowledge, religious entrepreneurship and coordinating focal points as critical to the success of Islamist activism.

Muslims in North America have been impacted by Islamophobia and the erosion of their civil liberties in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Despite feeling a sense of injustice, western Muslims have not engaged in significant political action in response. But Muslims have acted collectively on other issues, such as the Syrian refugee crisis. This episode explores the complex identity politics of minority Muslim groups, challenges in forming a religious identity and the landscape after the Christchurch attacks. <a href="https://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/FacultyPage/rqm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quinn Mecham</a> is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Coordinator for Middle East Studies at Brigham Young University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University.Dr. Mecham is the author of Institutional <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Institutional-Origins-Islamist-Political-Mobilization/dp/1107615100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization</a>, which provides a theory of the institutional origins of Islamist politics, focusing on the development of religious common knowledge, religious entrepreneurship and coordinating focal points as critical to the success of Islamist activism.

E1: Minority Political Action ft. Quinn Mecham

On this week's podcast, Quinn Mecham talks about his new book, Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization, on the politicization of Islam."So often in the Arab world we think about jihadi networks; we think about sometimes Islamist movements particularly the Muslim Brotherhood that have a social component to them, but also are involved street protests in many places in the Islamic world," says Mecham. "While actually it's more common to see militias— for example, Taliban or al Shabaab in Somalia."Quinn Mecham is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Coordinator for Middle East Studies at Brigham Young University. He was an Academy Scholar at Harvard University, and was a Franklin Fellow in Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State. His primary research focuses on Islamic movements and the strategies and behavior of Islamist political parties."As different Islamist movements observe Islamic moves in other countries, they are influenced by— and we do see clear trends over time that there is a spread across countries over time. One of the the broader trends in the book is that the big Islamist protest movements like the Iranian revolution and the post-election Algerian protests— and then sighting these kinds of things have diminished over time. Until we get to some of the core civil wars in the last few years. But the range of countries that are experiencing Islamists either voting or using violent through things has greatly expanded."

On this week's podcast, Quinn Mecham talks about his new book, Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization, on the politicization of Islam. "So often in the Arab world we think about jihadi networks; we think about sometimes Islamist movements particularly the Muslim Brotherhood that have a social component to them, but also are involved street protests in many places in the Islamic world," says Mecham. "While actually it's more common to see militias— for example, Taliban or al Shabaab in Somalia." Quinn Mecham is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Coordinator for Middle East Studies at Brigham Young University. He was an Academy Scholar at Harvard University, and was a Franklin Fellow in Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State. His primary research focuses on Islamic movements and the strategies and behavior of Islamist political parties. "As different Islamist movements observe Islamic moves in other countries, they are influenced by— and we do see clear trends over time that there is a spread across countries over time. One of the the broader trends in the book is that the big Islamist protest movements like the Iranian revolution and the post-election Algerian protests— and then sighting these kinds of things have diminished over time. Until we get to some of the core civil wars in the last few years. But the range of countries that are experiencing Islamists either voting or using violent through things has greatly expanded."

Islamist Political Mobilization: A Conversation with Quinn Mecham (S. 6, Ep. 14)