Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
Seyyed Mohsen Mollabashi; Faeze Kamali
Abstract
The emergence of diverse social and cultural challenges in Islamic Iran over many decades and centuries has prompted numerous thinkers - drawing on different theoretical perspectives and scholarly frameworks - to describe, analyze, and explain this profound and wide - ranging problem, as well as to propose ...
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The emergence of diverse social and cultural challenges in Islamic Iran over many decades and centuries has prompted numerous thinkers - drawing on different theoretical perspectives and scholarly frameworks - to describe, analyze, and explain this profound and wide - ranging problem, as well as to propose various solutions for its improvement. Among these thinkers, Ali Shariati stands out for his analysis of the issue through the lens of Muslim decline, an approach shaped by his sociological and historical education. In addressing the fundamental question of the causes behind the decline of Muslims, Shariati first identifies the distancing from true Islam as the central issue. He then examines the underlying causes of this deviation and its role in the deterioration of Muslim societies, before offering strategies for returning to authentic Islam. In his view, among the multiple causes contributing to this deviation, the transformation of Islam’s ideological foundation constitutes the most fundamental factor. Consequently, restoring Islam’s ideological essence is both the most challenging remedy and the foremost responsibility of intellectuals. The present study employs a library - based research method with the objective of systematically examining Shariati’s interpretation of the decline of Muslims, analyzing the causes and mechanisms of deviation from true Islam, and evaluating the solutions he proposes for reviving the ideological and transformative dimensions of the faith.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
peyman zanganeh; Seyyed Hossein Athari; Reza Nasirihamed; Ruhollah Islami
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Depicting the relationship between religion and modernity in the changing world caused by the modern crashing waves, which sweep away all religious values and beliefs at a high speed, has been one of the tasks of the new religious thinkers. This trend has always tried to provide an up-to-date reading ...
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Depicting the relationship between religion and modernity in the changing world caused by the modern crashing waves, which sweep away all religious values and beliefs at a high speed, has been one of the tasks of the new religious thinkers. This trend has always tried to provide an up-to-date reading of religion by re-reading religious propositions in accordance with the evolving conditions caused by modern affairs. "Mehdi Bazargan" and "Ali Shariati" are two Iranian modern thinkers who have tried to determine the position of the religious subject in the new era based on the reinterpretation of traditional foundations in interaction with the new era. Using two narratives of authoritarianism and dialogue-centered relationship between subject and authority as a theoretical approach and qualitative content analysis method, this article has examined and explored the opinions of Bazargan and Shariati. The findings of this research indicate that the method of each of them had differences from another method; Concerned about providing a definition of traditional religious foundations that is compatible with the modern world, Bazargan tried to provide more space for the subject. On the other hand, Shariati, by emphasizing an ideological reading of Shi'ism, aimed to remove the subject from the control of traditional authority and emphasize her humanity even while remaining loyal to traditional teachings.
Rereading and interpreting the ideas of leading Muslim thinkers
Mahdi Abbasi Shahkooh; zahed Ghafari Hashjin
Abstract
The Islamic revolution was able to achieve victory with the ideals of justice, republicanism, legalism, honor, independence, freedom, Islamism, and the like, and the establishment of ideology, constitution, and system building also emerged on this basis. The challenge of many political systems in realizing ...
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The Islamic revolution was able to achieve victory with the ideals of justice, republicanism, legalism, honor, independence, freedom, Islamism, and the like, and the establishment of ideology, constitution, and system building also emerged on this basis. The challenge of many political systems in realizing the goals of their ideology and belief system is the stagnation and freezing that has occurred following social changes and generational changes in the society and reduces its social control and persuasive power, which can lead to to conflict between the state and the nation. Something that can happen or exist for the Islamic Republic of Iran as well. In this regard, the leader of the Islamic Revolution has linked ideology and ideals by proposing the two concepts of " Explanation Jihad" and "Demanding" and tries to preserve and perpetuate what the ideology of the Islamic Revolution is based on. The question of the present research is: "What is the relationship between the two concepts of demanding and explanation jihad in Ayatollah Khamenei's system of thought?" The method of collecting information is documentary, and data analysis is also based on the documentary analysis method and using the opinions of thinkers such as Mannheim in analyzing the relationship between ideology and utopia, Inglehart and Roche in generational and social change, and other theorists to explain the relationship between the concept of demanding and explanation jihad the truth in Ayatollah Khamenei's thought. The researchers of the article came to the conclusion that in the thought of Ayatollah Khamenei, explanation jihad means understanding the ideology of the Islamic Revolution in the society, and demanding means seeking idealism and constant dynamics in the ideology of the Islamic Revolution.
mohammad irannezhad
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Growth ideological Islam has an important role in mobilizing the masses And led to the dominance of traditional Islam in Iran is political Islam And political and cultural consequences of this can be seen in the years after the Islamic Revolution. Has been criticized by some contemporary intellectuals. ...
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Growth ideological Islam has an important role in mobilizing the masses And led to the dominance of traditional Islam in Iran is political Islam And political and cultural consequences of this can be seen in the years after the Islamic Revolution. Has been criticized by some contemporary intellectuals. The method used in this study is a documentary-analytical method. The findings suggest that Daryush Shayegan is one of the most Iranian intellectuals the critic Ideological Islam. This process has seen his ideology tradition And believes that the tradition of ideology than with Eastern spirituality is lost And through the reproduction of tradition in a modern form of internal logic is accepted modernity without knowing it. Ideological traditions can not provide facilities for the production spirituality And purely political function will have to compete with modern ideologies. He sees ideology as false consciousness as false consciousness And believes that religion becomes ideology negative reaction to the collapse of the Eastern traditions in the face of the onslaught of secular rationality and modernity Myth busting. That the tradition has turned into a political tool for historical alienation And spiritual capacities for the sake of political mythology of the modern world is customary. Shayeganbelieves,Transform religion into ideology caused the collapse of the deep meanings of religions in the modern age.
