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The major turning point for the role of Islam in the Middle East was the…
The major turning point for the role of Islam in the Middle East was the Iranian Revolution of
1979.’ How far do you agree with this view during the period from 1908 to 2011?
extremism /terrorism
agree- the turning point was the Iranian revolution. Iranians fund Hezbollah and HAMAS. revolution led to a surge in militant groups in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia who looked to Iran for a shiite revolution.
disagree 2001 9/11 attack. Al Quaeda hijaking. crashing two into the world trade centre. Osama Bin Laden and his extremist group.
A turning point because for Islam in the ME because it led to increased US and West intervention in the region. particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq.
changes to American counter terrorism institutions after the Iranian revolution?
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Islamic Jihad terrorists of Islam in Lebanon. Islamic revolutionary governent= helped establish the Hezbollah. Hezbollah = radical Islamic group based in south Lebanaon.
politically
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agree After the Iranian revolution - impact in Iraq. The Shias in Iraq were sponsored by Iranians. The murder of Anwar Sadat 1981 was done by a group of Islamists within the army who were influenced by the Islamic revolution two years prior.
Agree- the impact internationally, on the Islam world. US unilateral sanctions on Iran. Britian stopped all diplomatic relaitons with Iran, didn't reopen their embassy in Iran until 1988. It inspired opposition to Western intervention in the ME. In Arab countries = political Islam attracted the educated + middle classes. sermons were recorded in Mosques and distributed via cassettes.
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religiously
agree- the impact this has played in an islamic revival. Inspired Islamist movements across the region.
slogan = 'neither east nor west, but an Islamic government'
disagree. The establishment of the Muslim brotherhood earlier. and then reappeared in the 1970s. Founding of the Brotherhood by Hassan-al- Banna in 1928 in Egypt as an islamic movement, promoting Islamic governenece. LB2TQ- this was a turning point as it started the rise of political Islam in the Middle East
although the Muslim Brotherhood was banned in 1954 for attempting to overthrow Egypt's leaders, members remained underground.
re-emergence of the brotherhood in 1970s, during Sadat's presidency. They expressed their opposition to the Western intervention in the way they dressed and were against alcohol.
agree= Islamic fundamentalism= the followers believe that Islamic states shoulld be wholly Islamic, and be removed of all Western Influence, soley religious.
similar to the removal of the Isralei embassy in Tehran as well, which was handed over to the PLO in 1979.
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DIFFERENT however, lots of countries, particularly Sunni Arab countries became suspicious of Iran. Shiite and Sunni divide. Most Arab states didn't want to embrace radical Islamic politics, e.g. Egypt. LB2TQ- wasn't a turning point for all Islamic/ Arab countries in terms of their support for political Islam
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While Hezbollah and HAMAS were both established in the ten years succeeding the Islamic revolution (Hezbollah founded in 1982, HAMAS founded in 1987), similarly both were formed to resist Israel and confront Israel, with Lebanon's aim to be to resist Israeli forces in Lebanon, and HAMAS was formed to confront Israel in the occupied territories.
DIFFERENT to Mujahideen, but HAMAS and Hezbollah are similar
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