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Tenets of the Islamist movement that have come under criticism include: restrictions on freedom of expression to prevent apostasy from and insults to Islam; [9] that Islam is not only a religion but a governing system; [10] that historical Sharia, or Islamic law, is one, universal system of law, accessible to humanity, and necessary to ...
Subjects of criticism include Islamic beliefs, practices, and doctrines. Criticism of Islam has been present since its formative stages, and early expressions of disapproval were made by Christians, Jews, and some former Muslims like Ibn al-Rawandi. [1] Subsequently, the Muslim world itself faced criticism after the September 11 attacks. [2] [3 ...
Some Salafi scholars opine that democracy is haram and shirk in Islam and allege that it overrules the Shari'a (e.g. by potentially permitting alcohol and riba if the people vote for it), [12] but they legitimize the opportunity to use democracy to come to power and to vote to establish Islamic rule [18] [19] and encourage voting to choose the ...
The practice of orthodox Islam in the form of Salafism can clash with a democratic system. The core precept of Islam, that of "tawheed" (the "oneness of God"), can be interpreted by fundamentalists to mean, among other things, that democracy as a political system is incompatible with the purported notion that laws not handed down by God should ...
This category is for articles related to Criticism of Islam as a method of disciplined, rational, skeptical, unbiased analysis, evaluation, or systematic study that focuses on reflective assessment and critique of a written or oral discourse in Islamic religion.
Some Islamic revivalist movements and leaders which pre-date Islamism but share some characteristics with it include: Ahmad Sirhindi (~1564–1624) was largely responsible for the purification, reassertion and revival of conservative orthodox Sunni Islam in India during Islam's second millennium. [214] [215] [216]
Rida called on Arabs to make a pan-Islamist project aimed at the revival of the Islamic caliphate which incorporates all Muslim lands. [9] Rida also called upon Muslims to build a political system based on Islam; rather than nationalism, which he frequently condemned as a Western ideology. [10] [11] [12]
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.