This article is about the issue of politics in the religion of Islam. For the movement "Political Islam", see
Political Islam . For the movement "Islamism", see
Islamism .
Political aspects of Islam are derived from the Quran , ḥadīth literature , and sunnah (accounts of the sayings and living habits attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his lifetime),[ 1] the history of Islam , and elements of political movements outside Islam.[ 2] Traditional political concepts in Islam include leadership by elected or selected successors to Muhammad, known as Caliphs in Sunnī Islam and Imams in Shīʿa Islam ; the importance of following the Islamic law (sharīʿa ); the duty of rulers to seek consultation (shūrā ) from their subjects; and the importance of rebuking unjust rulers.[ 3]
A significant change in the Muslim world was the defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire (1908–1922).[ 4] [ 5] In the modern era (19th–20th centuries), common Islamic political themes have been resistance to Western imperialism and enforcement of sharīʿa law through democratic or militant struggle.[ 4] Events such as the defeat of Arab armies in the Six-Day War , the collapse of the Soviet Union , the end of the Cold War and the fall of communism as a viable alternative have increased the appeal of Islamic movements such as Islamism , Islamic fundamentalism , and Islamic democracy , especially in the context of the global sectarian divide and conflict between Sunnīs and Shīʿītes ,[ 6] [ 7] along with the popular dissatisfaction with secularist ruling regimes in the Muslim world.[ 6] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
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^ Feldman, Noah, Fall and Rise of the Islamic State , Princeton University Press, 2008, p.2
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^ Litvak, Meir (2021). "Islamic Radical Movements and Antisemitism: Between Old and New". In Lange, Armin; Mayerhofer, Kerstin; Porat, Dina; Schiffman, Lawrence H. (eds.). An End to Antisemitism! – Volume 5: Confronting Antisemitism in Modern Media, the Legal and Political Worlds . Berlin and Boston : De Gruyter . pp. 133–148. doi :10.1515/9783110671964-009 . ISBN 9783110671964 .
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