RELIGST 3C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sunnah, Ijtihad, Islamic Culture
14 Apr 2015
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Founded in 1928 by hasan al-banna (died 1949) Ikhwan grew out of concern for western secularism and its impact on islamic society. Had a following in many countries- egypt, iran, syria. Based on 3 principles islam is comprehensive (covers each and every aspect of your life), evolving principle. 2nd principle: emanates from quran and sunnah (we shouldn"t have to go outside of islam to solve problems, no need for imported solutions. 3rd principle: applicable to all times and places. These are the basic ideologies that ikhwan came from. Those of radical extremes, those who were politically active, socially actives, and popular preachers. West tries to simplify things by grouping everyone and everything together. 1st aim: revive islamic personality (stop slavish imitation) 2nd: reformulate thought- ijtihad (but only within the boundaries of quran and sunnah) (kind of confined ijtihad) 3rd: reassert political will: muslims should control their own fate. Their message was simple: we need to go back to islam.
