HONR 269 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ibn Taymiyyah, Islamic Fundamentalism, Babur
5 Mar 2017
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Reading summary 2 (barfield, 110-163 + caldwell, 9-29, 33-38: modern radicalism in islam stems from three major thinkers (caldwell, p. 13-18) All believed in restoration of an older, purer form of islam. Al-wahhab banned holidays, destroyed holy sites (idolatry), followers could kill, rape or plu(cid:374)der those (cid:449)ho did(cid:374)"t follo(cid:449) his (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)a(cid:374)d (cid:894)follo(cid:449)ers - (cid:862)wahha(cid:271)is(cid:863)(cid:895) Qutb (cid:862)jahili(cid:455)(cid:455)a(cid:863) a state of ignorance towards islam, typically referring to time before development of islam: believed muslims were falling to this pre-islamic state, forsaking god for secular ideas. Influenced militant muslims, who oppose west / globalization / democratization. & tend towards authoritarianism, with single elite & lack of constitution: us-muslim relations are based on the arab-israeli conflict (caldwell, islamic countries tend to be tribe-like (caldwell, p. 13) Anthropologists: behavior stems from that of actual tribes in the harsh desert environment had to cooperate to survive. (cid:862)m(cid:455) (cid:271)rother a(cid:374)d i agai(cid:374)st our (cid:272)ousi(cid:374); (cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:272)ousi(cid:374) a(cid:374)d i agai(cid:374)st the stra(cid:374)ger(cid:863)
