Political Islam Flashcards
1
Q
When was the Muslim brotherhood formed and by who?
A
1928 by Hassan al-Banna
2
Q
What were there tensions between in Islam?
A
Tradition and innovation
3
Q
Key features of Salafism
A
Rejects all modern secular ideology
Idealised a golden age of Islam
4
Q
Key features of Islamic reformism
A
Aims to reconcile traditional Islamic axioms with modernity
5
Q
4 ways in which westernisation prompted political Islam
A
Iranian exile of the Shah
MB Cooperation with nasser in free officers movement
Qutb anti western thought
Sadat assassination 1981 following intifah policies
6
Q
3 origins of political Islam
A
Response to the West
Filling the gap of pan Arabism
Confronting debate between Taqlid and itjihad
