introduction



The uprisings in the Arab world led to the downfall of many
regimes, while others may suffer the same fate. The wave of protests
destabilized authoritarian regimes thought to be irremovable, the
the point that the European countries and the United States were accommodated in
"stability" of these regimes partially ensured their own
safety. Lethargy that characterized the region seemed to confirm the thesis
the "exception" in the Arab world. Thus the most important studies
democratization in the world did not know this area because disaiton,
there was no prospect of transition, even to a semidémocratie
1. Many studies showed that pessimism, based
on a supposed incompatibility between Islam and democracy.