The emergence of political Islam – 4
DURING THE 1970S Saudi Arabia’s ambition and desire for influence began to surface. The oil shocks of 1973 and 1979…
The emergence of political Islam – 3
THE PRESENCE OF the Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia has played a crucial role in the development of Salafism. Their…
The emergence of political Islam – 2
THESE TWO MAIN currents of Sunnī Islam emerged at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century,…
The emergence of political Islam – 1
MILOT’S CAREER as a French researcher led him to work with many public and private figures in North Africa and…
What is the Sharīʻa?
BUT WHAT, FIRST OF ALL, is the Sharīʻa? I should say, at the outset, that Sharīʻa is not what the…
Islamic fundamentalism and the roots of violence
LIBERAL THINKERS envisage this demand as facing three obstacles: firstly colonial financial institutions, secondly America, thirdly fundamentalism. Contemporary Muslim fundamentalists believe…
Ibn Taymiyya and the crime of the extremists – 2
IBN TAYMIYYA, who is characterized by his generosity in word and deed, tells us that everyone who hears about Islam…
Ibn Taymiyya and the crime of the extremists – 1
THESE FIGURES INFLUENCED Abū al-Aʽlā al-Mawdūdī in India and Sayyid Quṭb in Egypt who produced for us the Muslim Brotherhood,…