The book examines relevant issues that involve a focus on struggles around the position of religious traditions and actors in relation both to democratization and democracy in the context of secularization in the Mediterranean region.

This book was published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics.

1. Religion, Secularization and Democracy in the Mediterranean Region: Problems and Prospects 2. The 'Arab Uprising', Islamists and Democratization 3. Secularizing Islamism and Islamizing Democracy: The Political and Ideational Evolution of the Egyptian Muslim Brothers 1984 - 2012 4. Re-emerging Islamism in Tunisia: Repositioning Religion in Politics and Society 5. Democracy, Civil Liberties and the Role of Religion after the Arab Awakening: Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia and Morocco 6. Are We There Yet? Religion, Secularization and Liberal Democracy in Israel 7. The Debate on the Crucifix in Public Spaces in Twenty-First Century Italy 8. Sacred Laïcité and the Politics of Religious Resurgence in France: Whither Religious Pluralism? 9. The 'Europeanization' of the Religious Cleavage in Turkey: The Case of the Alevis

Jeffrey Haynes is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 35 books. He is Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at London Metropolitan University, UK.

Guy Ben-Porat is the author of Between State and Synagogue (Cambridge University Press, 2013). He is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Ben-Gurion University, Israel.