PLSC 4593 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, United Development Party, Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–61)

• School: University of Arkansas
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PLSC 4593
• Professor: Dan Brown

Document Summary

Institutionalized islamism: wahabbi clerical establishment work within probably the most institutionalized. Islamic state in the world: obviously qur"an and shari"ah are held to be the highest law in the land and. Ulama (practicing wahabbist literalism and ijtihad) are the nal arbiters: higher council of ulama oversee religious institutions and work alongside royal family to buttress the state, mutawwa/mutawwain (religious/morality police) Authorized to enforce law and rulings and detain people for violation of codes of conduct. Rises from within the ranks of ulama. Blend of egyptian muslim brotherhood activist tendencies and wahabbist ideology; Often clash with established clerics over cooptation by the royal family. Demand or a less corrupt, more sala st but also more modern approach for the. The nasiha ( advice ) ulama and the saudi reform documents: borrowing a classical/tribal tradition of people giving leaders advice (nasiha), which was later expanded under the prophet.