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Islam 2 (What is Political Islam / Islamist (a political ideology, not…
Islam 2
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What is the Golden Age
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However, traditionalist says that the Golden Age is unattainable and un-operationable in modern age
This is how the current Muslim communities reconcile from injustice / tyranny
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If majority Muslim wants to adhere to Golden Age, Muslim world would see recurrent anarchy
Author says, agriculture and hydraulic empire requires order and hierarchy above justice and equality of the Golden Age
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Myth busted
Sharia was made by the ulama, not the state. Contains rule for the people and the state.
Religion and politics was only joined during the Prophet's time. Divine message stopped at the Prophet. There on, Islam is but a tool. Similar to all religion.
Islamism is not a monolith. It's bound by time and space. Context controlled by ruling party who gained power and territory from colonial powers eg: House of Saud
All Islamist movement sound the same because they use vocabulary that is familiar to Muslims to gain support. Scrutiny will reveal nationalist agenda.
Islamist are fighting to Islamise their territory, not to unify the umma.
Mainstream Islamist movements are reformist, not radical. Al-Qaeda are fringe groups that captured the attention of the West + self-righteous Western analyst with little knowledge of Muslim societies
Political Quietism
religiously motivated withdrawal from political affairs, or skepticism that mere mortals can establish true Islamic government
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Now contemporary Islamist are riding the wave of political activism and democratization of political culture
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Colonisation
Infidels governing Muslim nations gave rise to jihad movements that finally includes mental colonisation by modern non-Muslim super powers (US/UK)
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Differences
Al-Qaeda, Jemaah Islamiyah: Fighting the far enemy to cripple the near enemy
Hizbullah (Lebonan), Hamas (Palestine): Fighting for national independence
Islamists: state to enforce religion, use common religious idioms that speak to the massess
Muslim traditionalist: less state intervention