INR 3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Arab Spring, Sharia, Mujahideen
24 Apr 2017
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Militant jihadism to international terrorism: afghan war (1979-1989, we start seeing addition of militant and anti-imperialism element. Fractured tribes, instability of nation-state, rise of terrorism: deobandi fundamentalism: deoband, india is where reform movement originates. Reform movement: not just secular, but godless state, ties to wahhabism, draw many parallels between it and wahhabism, doing same thing, calling for return to fundamentals, emphasizing personal education and individual reading or. Qur"an, wanted followers to imitate simple life of. Muhammad: later gets support from wahhabists, especially in. In 1867, india is under rule of british crown: not at all state focused, deobandists not looking at territorial borders. Much more fluidity: loyalty to religion, taliban (students of islam, one group emerges as significantly radicalized: the taliban (from. Qandahar: strict rules / harsh punishments / suppression of women, mujahedeen, not the only one (us called them freedom fighters at the time) but are the.
