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In this study, I offer a categorization of Salafism based on the concept of vanguardism. Vanguardism suggests how Salafis inhabit the political domain, by posing as the vanguard of a privileged group ... political. Salafism; Vanguardism; Philosophy of praxis; Historical bloc; Modern Prince Introduction Salafism is a religious and social trend within contemporary Sunni Islam. The term refers to the paradigm
Party) and the Gülen Movement, their rivalry over claiming the canon and the ways in which they differ in their notions of politics, political Islam, and critique. Although critique and self-critique are ... “the Operation of Peace at Home, Peace in the World”—inspired by Ataturk’s famous saying. The group was said to be composed of people from various political inclinations, including several Gülenists
From the 1980s, revisionist Sunni Islamist thinkers have engaged in a hermeneutical effort to argue for the full acceptance of non-Muslims as equal political participants and citizens in an Islamic ... literature should be viewed as a genre aiming at the ideological education of brotherhood members, rather than the theoretical exploration of political theory. Apart from a few early studies, scholarship on
Scholarship on political Islam has often addressed settings where Islamist movements and political parties operate as anti-colonial and oppositional entities. On the other hand, this article focuses ... critiques. The reconfiguration of Islamist politics globally is a good example. Islamism as a political ideology arguably started as a critique of Western colonial practices and has become a part of anti
Muslims with whom I spent most of my time in Sarajevo engaged in a great deal of self-reflection on the social role of their religion, its political ramifications, and in discussions on what constitutes the ... ). Henig treats Sufi revitalisation as an “emergent form of organization of divine knowledge and practice that is embedded in historical and political processes, that of state socialist oppression and
search for political and religious authority, which the movement needed in order to expand its membership, lead the fragmented Islamic movement, deal with its own divided rank-and-file, and challenge the ... , for instance, changed the movement’s position on revolutionary violence against the Egyptian authorities and he was in favor of a more political course (Ashour, 2009; Baker, 1991; Willi, 2021) . This
their articulation of the enlightened subject and the protection of Europe’s borders, respectively. The inseparability of the pedagogical and the political, I argue, is particulary useful for reinstilling ... erected shield that resists assimilationist projects at the cognitive, spiritual, and socio-political levels. It is the right to make oneself knowable according to the terms they set themselves
Cultural and political alterity in China is levelled by disrupting local communities and networks, both necessary to keep memories and sense of identity alive through sharing and socialising. By ... represent a watershed in the history of Muslims in China: before these turbulent events, Islam and Muslims were seen by emperors as conducive to harmony in domestic socio-political relations, thanks to the
. Arguments suggest that in practice the rank and roles of a Murshida in Indonesia are diverse and culturally situated and thus take on different understandings across socio-political contexts. Further to this ... organizations, political spheres, and other non-religious arenas. There are also many scholars who do not problematize female leadership in religious contexts by taking as examples a Hadith that instructs to take
Indonesian political Reformation era which brought freedom of expression. This freedom was manipulated by Islamic activists to fortify political positions and engender a shari’ah-centric identity. The trah has ... consisted of government employees practising kebatinan or spiritualism. These different socio-religious orientations then started to align to different political parties, thus the term politics stream emerged
each other over economic and political interests rather than religious beliefs. 5 Morteza Motahari (1919–1979) was an Iranian philosopher and Islamologist. 6 “Mankind were a single community; then Allah ... Seminary for the Shiites. 2. The political tendency is known as Islamism or Neo-Salafism. One of the most important groups that represent this tendency is al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn. 3. The humanistic tendency9
affiliation in order to reinforce their external solidarity and engagement in mainstream political structures. By contrast, young men are calling for a new Muslim leadership to reinforce primary solidarity and ... shaping political identity and civic participation (O’Toole & Gale, 2013). In a world of rising anti-Muslim sentiment and extremism (both far right and Islamist), knowing how the politics of civil
([1767 ] 2013) is the first philosopher who coined the term political economy. Steuart, as in the ancient Greek philosophy, restricts economy for the private family business. Political economy, on the ... ancient Greek philosophy, beginning with Plato, there was no distinction between household and state economies (Bonar [1893] 1967) . This division reigned along the classical epoch of political economy
philosopher who coined the term political economy. Steuart, as in the ancient Greek philosophy, restricts economy for the private family business. Political economy, on the other hand, is to institutionalize ... . and S. Coate . 2001 . “Lobbying and Welfare in a Representative Society .” TheReview of Economic Studies 68 ( 1 ): 67 - 82 . Bonar , J. ( 1893 ) 1967 . Philosophy and Political Economy . London: George
philosopher who coined the term political economy. Steuart, as in the ancient Greek philosophy, restricts economy for the private family business. Political economy, on the other hand, is to institutionalize ... . and S. Coate . 2001 . “Lobbying and Welfare in a Representative Society .” TheReview of Economic Studies 68 ( 1 ): 67 - 82 . Bonar , J. ( 1893 ) 1967 . Philosophy and Political Economy . London: George
others whose lives are neither materially supported nor socially recognized within the current French political regime. Engaging with critical French scholarship on humanitarianism as care for others ... terms of religious, political, ethnic, gender, age and class positions. Some were themselves children of migrants having grown up in poor areas in the city, others were foreign students temporarily
covers almost every aspect of Islam, ranging from law, philosophy and spirituality, to colonialism, linguistics and the very notion of religion. In the work, he makes substantial and significant claims ... Juliet look timid) in the expression of love, and so the motif is found in everything from poetry to art miniatures. Ahmed also traces the influence of Greek philosophy, something that was happily
monotheistic religions, the concept of ‘tawhid’ (assertion of oneness or unity) in Islam is deeply ingrained in all aspects of life such that there is no political or cultural separation between the ‘mosque and ... Bruneian context can be conjectured by examining the state philosophy of ‘Melayu Islam Beraja’ (MIB). The Malay component of the ideology encompasses ‘the Malay people, language and religion’ (Salbrina
) . They have usually operated in the political, socio-religious and economic fields, sometimes simultaneously in all of them, as with the Muslim Brotherhood. As such, the economic and sociopolitical ... dimensions of that habitus have created both embeddedness and boundedness for Islamist-affiliated entrepreneurs, typifying the solid links between the political and economic fields of power in which they
political transformation. One which was, at the same time, being instrumentalized to strengthen the very type of governance they tried to escape. ... another (relating, for example, to exodus or hijra) have been given prominent status in modern political thought (Lienesch, 1988; Masud, 1990). The study of hijra is an important theme in research on
