Islamism
Sign in to saveIslamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a political system is superior to communism, liberal democracy, capitalism, and other alternatives in achieving a just, successful society. The advocates of Islamism, also known as "al-Islamiyyun", are usually affiliated with Islamic institutions or social mobilization movements, emphasizing the implementation of sharia, pan-Islamic political unity, and the creation of Islamic states.
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Islamism refers to a set of religious and political movements that advocate for Islam to play a central role in shaping government and political systems, based on the belief that Islamic law and governance are superior to other political models. It matters because Islamist movements and ideas significantly influence politics, policy, and social movements in many parts of the world, particularly in Muslim-majority regions.
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57 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- Definitions
- Relationship between Islam and Islamism
- Ideology
- Islamic revival
- Restoration of the Caliphate
- Anti-Westernization
- Strength of identity politics
- Anti-communist stances
- Influence
- Types
- Moderate and reformist Islamism
- Salafi movement
- Militant Islamism/Jihadism
- Qutbism
- Salafi Jihadism
- Shi'i Islamism
- Ruling Islamic Jurist
- Shi'ism and Iran
- Historical figures
- Explanations for the growth and popularity of Islamism
- Sociological, economic and political
- Charitable work
- Economic stagnation
- Sociology of rural migration
- Geopolitics
- State-sponsorship
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- Pakistan
- Western support of Islamism during and after the Cold War
- History
- Preceding movements
- Early history
- Sayyid Rashid Rida
- Muhammad Iqbal
- Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
- Muslim Brotherhood
- Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Iranian Revolution (1978–1979)
- Grand Mosque seizure (1979)
- Pakistan's Islamization (1979)
- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979–1989)
- Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)
- Social and cultural triumph in the 2000s and 2010s
- "Post-Islamism"
- Criticism
- Parties and organizations
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Books
- Journals
- External links
Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a political system is superior to communism, liberal democracy, capitalism, and other alternatives in achieving a just, successful society. The advocates of Islamism, also known as "al-Islamiyyun", are usually affiliated with Islamic institutions or social mobilization movements, emphasizing the implementation of sharia, pan-Islamic political unity, and the creation of Islamic states.
In its original formulation, Islamism described an ideology seeking to revive Islam to its past assertiveness and glory, purifying it of foreign elements, reasserting its role into "social and political as well as personal life"; and in particular "reordering government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam" (i.e. Sharia). According to at least one observer (author Robin Wright), Islamist movements have "arguably altered the Middle East more than any trend since the modern states gained independence", redefining "politics and even borders". Another sole author (Graham E. Fuller) has argued for a broader notion of Islamism as a form of identity politics, involving "support for [Muslim] identity, authenticity, broader regionalism, revivalism, [and] revitalization of the community."