ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on the particular case of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria (SMB) regarding their ideological evolution and the difficulty of ascribing them to established categories of Islamism and post-Islamism. It analyses the concept of post-Islamism, which, stands for a conscious ideological reformulation by means of which these movements discard their previous maximalist and excluding tenets and focus, instead, on the rights of the citizen. The book argues that there is a relationship between the recent renovation of the SMB's ideology and leadership, and the military coup in Egypt, which acted as a catalyst for such change. The SMB need to establish a clear demarcation line between its political and social activities, and, in case of an affirmative answer, whether they can do so without dissolving the organisation.
