NMC381H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Daniel Pipes, Usuli, Protestantism
27 Feb 2017
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How or what an islamic government may look like and the politics. Some said islam nothing to do with politics. Said qutb: key thinker of muslim brotherhood, executed in 1966, muslim brotherhood prototype of modern islamist movement, mb founded in 1928 by hasan, supported 1952 revolution. Revive islam / reshaping morality: president mohammad morsi last historical leader freedom and justice party strongly linked to mb won 37% of the votes. Read it as a text of modernity a more profound critique of progress. Occidentalism the other of islam (america) Different articulation of what the west is: milestones. (cid:862)hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)ity today is sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g at the (cid:271)ri(cid:374)k of a(cid:374) a(cid:271)yss(cid:863) Jahiliyya worse than the pre islamic: when humans take the right to make rules they are repudiating. Allah(cid:859)s so(cid:448)ereignty: abolishing man made laws, jihad is about providing a free environment, freedom of man on this earth, (cid:862)li(cid:271)eratio(cid:374)(cid:863) Not merely belief but a way of life.
