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ajiss-236	Reda, Amir Abdul	Framing Political Islam: Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood and the 2011 Uprising	2016.0	22	.pdf	application/pdf	9074	307	41	Framing Political Islam: Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood and the 2011 Uprising Amir Abdul Reda Abstract What aspects of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood’s (a.k.a. the Ikhwan) cultural/ideological framing contributed to its failure to gather opponents of the Assad regime around its leadership dur- ing the 2011uprising? Only in 2011 did the Brotherhood re-adopt an op- positional stance when a concrete opportunity to do so arose.15 Political opportunity structures focus on the openings and constraints of the social context in which the social movement evolves as exogenous actors Reda: Framing Political Islam 3 both impose limitations and open opportunities for empowerment, regardless of the existing resources or discontent.16	cache/ajiss-236.pdf	txt/ajiss-236.txt