Journal of Political Sciences & Public Affairs
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Abstract

Political Justifying Modern Jahiliyaa Viewpoint New Salafists through the Theory of Religious Politics

Hamideh Amoori, Hasheme aghajari, Mohammad fazlhashemi, Emin poljarevic and hatame ghaderi

The relationship between religion and politics in Muslim contexts has been discussed from many different respects. One of these respects is the theory of religious politics, according to which political ideologies and determinations are justified and legitimated with the support of theological interpretations. A central premise is that religion is able to provide a moral permit for political actions and determinations. This article discuss the Modern jahiliyya viewpoint new Salafists and comparing it with old Salafists view, based on the theory of religious politics. The critical point is that the old and new salafists, based their standpoints on interpretations of the Quran, the hadith, and the sunna, to legitimate their interpretations in calling western culture, civilization and Muslim ruler as infidel and ignorant. According to this theory, new salafists ideologies, is unlike the old Salafists, in addition calling western culture and civilization infidel and ignorant based on new interpretations from theology and Islamic tradition. Their political and social circumstances legitimize their fatwas and ijtihads to condemn what they call pagan and ignorance rulers in Muslim countries because their support from nationalism, capitalism, socialism, secularism and liberal democracy. Conclusion of this analysis is that the theological inter pretaions/arguments that have been used to legitimize the new salafists discourse are based on ideological and contextual interpretations of theology.

Published Date: 2021-09-03;