SRS 3315 Lecture 15: Islamism (Political Islam)
16 Mar 2017
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> set of ideologies that hold that islam is not only a religion, but a political system. Islamism has many expressions > one example is al-qaeda. The politics of pan-islam and the challenge of modernization. > we will look at the topic by following the line of reasoning in this article. Questions of why ever since 9/11 attacks > large range of answers. Currently growing consensus that al-qaeda is the vanguard of the global salafi jihad, a worldwide religious revivalist movement with the goal of re- establishing past muslim glory in a great islamist state . What salafism and wahhabism are exactly is too controversial. Need for focus on the complex interplay of religion and politics in the islamic tradition and beyond. Sub-questions: where does bin laden"s global jihad fit within the modern political landscape of islam, what is the connection between religious and political parameters blurred by the rhetoric of.
