NES 2674 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Muhammad Abduh, Salafi Movement, Marja'

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Near Eastern Studies
• Course: NES 2674
• Professor: Ziad Fahmy

Document Summary

Tobacco rights were given to britain, shia religious leaders declared that tobacco was against the hidden imams desires al-din was assassinated in 1896: religious assertiveness and authoritarian reform: the era of abdul hamid ii. Emphasised the importance of religious involvement and pan-islam: over fifty-one schools opened, rapid development of communications and transportation systems, strengthened the ties between germany and the ottomans. Extreme censorship of media: during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries an increase in doctrinally based islamic movements occurred among the rural populations in various islamic regions, muhammad ibn abd al-wahhab, declared shiism polytheistic and deserving of death. The sanusi order (based in eastern libya: aimed to recreate the original community of the prophet, mahdist movement in sudan, the reform of high islam. The ottoman military and some government officials recognized hamid"s abuse of power adn exiled him in 1908: by 1913, the cup had gained full control over the government.