HINE 116 Lecture 10: Towards Bankruptcy
Lecture 10 – Towards Bankruptcy
❖ Summary of Previous Lecture
• Opposition to Tanzimat: Young Ottomans
• Jeune Turquie – Jeunes Turcs
• Alliance of Patriotism
o Secret societies became a major element
o Conspired against the monarchical leaders
▪ Young ottomans read about them and use some of the same
tactics
• Namik Kemal
• Islamic modernism vs. fundamentalism
❖ Decline of Dar al-islam
• Crisis of the 17th century onwards
• Gunpowder Empires were in decline
• Islamic ]
❖ 18th Century Islamic Reaction to Decadence
• Moral reconstructionism
o Various tariqa (Sufi brotherhood) were founded and spread through
networks within the Islamic world in the 18th century
o Also called neo-Sufism
• Some popular Tariqa:
o Sanusiyya
▪ Libya based punitanical brotherhood
o Wahhabism
▪ Arabia based movement that allied with the Saudi family
❖ 19th Century Salafism
• Salafism: back to the golden age
o Al-salaf al salih (pious ancestors)
• Sources of Islamic Law:
o Primary
▪ Quran
▪ Hadith
✓ Reports of the saying and activities of the Prophet
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Document Summary
Summary of previous lecture: opposition to tanzimat: young ottomans, alliance of patriotism. Jeune turquie jeunes turcs: secret societies became a major element, conspired against the monarchical leaders, young ottomans read about them and use some of the same tactics, namik kemal. Decline of dar al-islam: crisis of the 17th century onwards, gunpowder empires were in decline. 19th century salafism: salafism: back to the golden age, al-salaf al salih (pious ancestors, sources of islamic law, primary, quran, hadith. Reports of the saying and activities of the prophet: secondary. Independent reasoning of a jurist to find a solution to a legal question. Finding new interpretations of islam for the modern world. Influences on islamic modernism: moral reconstructionism, salafism, first generation european-style educated intellectuals, namik kemal (istanbul) (1840-1888, rifa"a al-tahtawi (cario) *1801-1873, european scholars, auguste comte (1798-1857, henri comte de saint-simon (1760-1825) Religious scholar and political activist: muhammad abduh (1849-1905): religious scholar and liberal reformer in late.
