Suchergebnisse

For more than half a century, Saudi Arabia - through both official and non-governmental channels - has poured billions of dollars into funding and sponsoring religious activities and Islamic causes around the world. The effect has been to propagate Wahhabism, the distinctively rigid and austere form of Islam associated with the Kingdom's religious establishment, within Muslim communities on almost every continent. This volume features essays by leading scholars who explore the origins and evolution of Saudi religious transnationalism, assess ongoing debates about the impact of these influences in various regions and localities around the world, and discuss possible future trends in light of new Saudi leadership.

Salafism is a fundamentalist Sunni vision of Islam. Growing in popularity in many countries, it seeks the purification of Islamic culture and religious renewal through a 'de-militantization' of the Islamic corpus. This text examines Salafism in France and looks at how this movement spread from the Gulf to Western countries.

Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the modern world, whose brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. He was not only an Islamic scholar, but also a journalist and political activist who founded the Jama'at-i-Islami, which has subsequently influenced the development of many Islamic movements and parties throughout the Muslim world. This book is the first to critically engage and assess his career and legacy within the wider context of political Islam. It includes coverage of his.

Salafi jihadist theology and the making of a movement -- Enemy self-perceptions -- Intelligence: the hidden hand and iron fist -- AQAMs perception of its enemies -- Strategic adaptation in the global Salafi jihadist movement -- Current AQAM strategic thinking -- Strategic communication -- Joining the caravan -- Policy implications: so what and now what? -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Glossary of Arabic terms

The Meccan revolution : the story of Juhayman al-ʻUtaybi revisited / Thomas Hegghammer and Stéphane Lacroix -- Between revolution and apoliticism : Nasir al-Din al-Albani and his impact on the shaping of contemporary Salafism / Stéphane Lacroix

The past two decades have seen an increasing association between Lebanese Salafism and violence, with less attention being paid to Salafis who focus on peaceful proselytization. In reality, it is these Salafis whose influence has dramatically grown since the eruption of the Syrian conflict that profoundly affected Lebanon as well. Based on extensive fieldwork, Zoltan Pall offers insights into the dynamics of non-violent Lebanese Salafi groups and examines the importance of transnational links in shaping the trajectory of the movement. In particular, he shows how the internal transformation of Salafism in Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia led to the fragmentation of the Lebanese Salafi community. By analysing Salafism as a network, we see how the movement creates and mobilizes material and symbolic resources, and how it contributes to reshaping the structures of authority within the country's Sunni Muslim community

The early and classical Murji'a -- Ibn Taymiyya's Polemics on Faith -- The "Murji'ite" Muslim Brotherhood -- Safar al-Ḥawālī's Ẓāhirat al-irjā' -- Salafī Jihādīs and the theology of faith -- Theology and the changing shape of militancy

»Nicht alle Salafisten sind Terroristen, aber alle uns bekannten islamistischen Terrorverdächtigen haben einen salafistischen Hintergrund.« So beschreiben deutsche Innenpolitiker ein wachsendes Problem: Junge Menschen brechen auf, um in den Krieg nach Syrien oder in den Irak zu ziehen. Manche verüben dort Gräueltaten und rühmen sich damit im Internet. Die meisten bleiben in Deutschland, lehnen Gewalt ab und folgen strengsten Glaubensregeln. Wer sind die Salafisten, was wollen sie, wen bedrohen sie? Dieser Band gibt umfassend Antworten. Renommierte Experten ordnen den Salafismus in die islamische Geschichte sowie in den deutschen Gesellschaftskontext ein und schlagen Strategien für den Umgang mit dem Phänomen vor. Zudem berichten Betroffene über ihre Erfahrungen mit Salafisten