SRS 3315 Lecture 16: Islamism - Discussions

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 3315
• Professor: Silvia Holtrop

Document Summary

Remainder of summary hellmich: bl stood by his violence, but made a point of explaining it as a reactive kind of violence. Even bl has taken a secular view of his actions: questioning who has the right to use violence: religious dimension has to be taken into account > history of islam shows intricate relation between religion and politics. Claim: in islam no separation of religion and politics > claim made both by. Claim supported by more than 40 references in qur"an and example of the prophet. >has become ideal. Reality: complete union of power would not exist again after death of prophet, different levels of co-dependency at best. Islamic world has become more fragmented over time. Term islam is imprecise and means different things to different people: question did bin laden represent islam is not right! May sound like a good suggestion, but doesn"t work!