Contemporary Islam Problems and Attitudes? Flashcards
Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1898)
Magistrate of British East India Company. Felt as though there was a gap between modern science and Islam, new science of “theology” was important and necessary. About how Islam was being treated in British India.
Key follower of Khan was Iqbal, who argued that there was a need for a seperate state for Muslims to combat the tension between the muslim minority and the hindu majority in India.
Who is Muh Abduh
Active campaigner against European Imperialism at the end of the 19th century.
- concerned with the place that science had with Islam, threatened.
- Doesnt view Sunnah as a source of Law, only saw a portion of the hadith as authentic.
- “a return to the first sources”
What did Abduh believe chiefly?
He believed in a return to the first sources, to counter the threat of imperialism and enlightened thought on islam and the ummah. -
- inspired the Salafiyya movement (coming from Salaf (the first three gens from muh) ( People that were closest to Muh, a rejection of general Sunnah and Hadith).
Key thoughts of Sayyid Ahmad Khan?
the way the religious scholars deal with religion and science is outdated, there was an educational gap
Reforms and Renewal meaning
Renewal was occuring within muslim communities, and reforms were being charged at a large scale.
Who are the Muslim brothers and what were their main grievances?
Founded by Al-Banna in 1928.
- Charged Ulama of al-azhar with neglect ( not enough solutions to the globalising world through islam being taught)
- Charged egypt with corruption
- Charged the west with degenerating materialism ( no religious soul, capitalism was taking over.
Had a lot of issues. Coups, Revolutions, Banishments etc. Arab Spring.
Who was the islamic association? What was their main concern?
Founded in Lahor (india) in 1940 by Mawdudi
- Trying to make India a muslim state, anti-hindu etc
Still exists underground. Was official.
It was necessary to institutionalise sharia, as politics and religion are linked in Islam.
Islamic Republic of Iran
Disagreements of interdependence of the Islamic scholars and the Islamic Rulers in Iran.
Who was Khumayni
The leader of the Iranian Republic Revolution, very controversial man.
