Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Sayyid Qutb, Islamic Culture, Jahiliyyah
28 Feb 2015
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Lecture: radical islamism & the future of ideology (december 5, 2013) The twenty-sixth lecture addresses our next major topic: islam and radical. We begin with the meaning of islam, the historic role of. Mohammed, the importance of the qur"an, and the hadith. The impressive spread of islam is discussed, along with the achievements of. The crucial idea of jihad (struggle against evil) is described, with special reference to mohammed"s distinction between the greater jihad (internally, against oneself) and the lesser jihad (against external enemies). Muslim societies have lived according to shar"ia, or islamic law. Throughout history there have been several threats to islam. These include the crusades, european imperialism, the state of israel, and western ideas of. Modernity. a significant contemporary threat is the united states. The world"s only superpower has engaged in covert intervention, overt military attack, and support for corrupt regimes. In all of these cases, muslim- majority societies have been the victims of outside interference.
