PSC 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Deobandi, Islamic Democracy, Salafi Movement
28 Aug 2016
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Explain the differences between social and political islamism in egypt, giving a few examples. Political islam wants to capture state power, establish state power in the name of islam, and overtake the existing government either through peaceful or violent means. Social islam is a recently rising phenomenon aiming to publicize islam in a peaceful way in opposition to other forms of islam. It is in reaction to too many politicized islamist parties, violent parties, and believe that islam is not a party but a way of life. Examples of peaceful islam might be a missionary movement, whereas violent movements might be preventing apostasy and making sure that they follow religion properly. In egypt, the peaceful political movement is the. A social violent movement is takfiri, and a social peaceful movement is salafism. The islamic democracy group is divided into the muslim brotherhood of egypt and.
