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The terminology which is used for the phenomenon of political Islam differs among experts. Martin Kramer was one of the first experts to start using the term political Islam in 1980. In 2003, he stated that political Islam can also be seen as tautology because nowhere in the Muslim world is a religion separated from politics.
Political aspects of Islam are derived from the Quran, ḥadīth literature, and sunnah (accounts of the sayings and living habits attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his lifetime), [1] the history of Islam, and elements of political movements outside Islam. [2] The political suggestions of Islam are a series of arguments ...
Jihad The Trail of Political Islam (French: Jihad: Expansion et Déclin de l"Islamisme [1]) is a book by French author and scholar Gilles Kepel.It was originally published in French in 2000 by Gallimard, with English translations by Anthony F. Roberts from Belknap Press in 2002 [1] and I.B. Tauris in 2006.
Islamism refers to religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. [1] 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. [2]
The religio-political ideology of Islamism (also often called political Islam or Islamic fundamentalism) [1] which has "arguably altered the Middle East more than any trend since the modern states gained independence", redefining "politics and even borders" (according to at least one observer (author Robin Wright), [2] is active in many countries around the world.
The Political History of Islam (Persian: تاریخ سیاسی اسلام) is a two-volume book by Rasul Jafarian.The first volume is entitled "The life conduct of the Prophet (of Islam)" in 692 pages [12] and the second volume is entitled "History of the Caliphs" in 828 pages. [13]
The Political Language of Islam (1988) by Bernard Lewis is a work in the contemporary, scholarly understanding of the relationship between Islam and politics and in the contemporary, scholarly understanding of the political realities of predominantly Muslim countries and, to a lesser extent, of countries with large Muslim communities. [1] [2]
Another critique was that despite his calls for Ijtihad, Rida didn't expand the Islamic political theory pragmatically for the complexities of the modern age. Critics argue that Rida's treatise is mostly a blind reformulation of the political ideas espoused by medieval jurisconsultants like Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim, Mawardi, Al-Ghazali, etc. [23]