Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment

Kuru, Ahmet T.

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“…Because this group tends to interpret religious sources (Quran and Hadith) rigidly and textually, some orientalists also accuse Sunnis of responsibility despite Wahhabism controlling the two Muslim holy cities, Makkah and Medina, and the escalation of the spread of this idea quickly propagated. Ahmet T. Kuru emphasized that no one allowed this idea to rule the two holy cities, which allowed this idea to take root in the two cities was none other than the British colonial legacy (Kuru, 2019).…”

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Spiral of Violence: A Critical Analysis of The Genealogy of Islamophobia

Imam,

Samudra,

Solahudin

2023

AIJIT

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The rise of terrorism by extremist groups with religious backgrounds and the development of Islamophobia in the West after 9/11 are essential issues that need to be addressed. After the WTC incident in 2001, the US declared a "war on terror," which has implications for the bad sentiment of Western society towards Islam, which has led to many acts of discrimination and violence against Muslims in the West. There are still few studies that analyze the relationship between religious fundamentalism-extremism and the development of Islamophobia in the West. This study uses a qualitative approach with secondary data analysis from various sources related to the topic discussed. It was found that propaganda and hateful rhetoric, as well as acts of violence by extremist Muslim groups, helped trigger and strengthen Islamophobia in the West. From the perspective of the spiral of violence theory, the 9/11 terrorist act also gave birth to other violence in the form of military attacks and discrimination against Muslims. Acts of terrorism by Muslim fundamentalists and Islamophobia in the West influence each other in an ongoing cycle of violence. Efforts to prevent terrorism and deradicalization, as well as religious tolerance education, are needed to break this cycle of violence. We recommend further research with a quantitative approach to empirically analyze the impact of acts of terrorism on incidents of Islamophobia.

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Spiral of Violence: A Critical Analysis of The Genealogy of Islamophobia

Imam,

Samudra,

Solahudin

2023

AIJIT

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“…Others that were built legally have sometimes collapsed after years of neglect. Scholars such as Kuran (2010) and Kuru (2019) argue that this state of affairs stems from the imposition of Islamic law beginning around the 10th century, which had the effect of hindering and preventing the emergence of free religious institutions. Religious pluralism and civil society suffered as a result, which, in turn, encouraged the growth of extremism (Farr 2008).…”

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Faith-Based Discrimination and Violent Religious Hostilities: A Global Analysis

Saiya

Manchanda

Wadidi

2023

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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Several studies have found restrictions on minority faith-based communities to be related to the onset of violent religious hostilities. Absent from this work, though, is a consideration of the fact that minority religious discrimination can take different forms, and, consequently, may encourage violence in different ways. This paper seeks to fill this void by examining different forms of minority religious restrictions and their relationship to religious violence. Specifically, we analyze the comparative strength of three basic types of religious discrimination—restrictions on minority religious practices, restrictions on minority religious institutions, and restrictions on conversion and proselytizing—on violence carried out by both religious majority groups and religious minority groups. Interestingly, our analysis shows all three forms of restrictions encourage violence from religious majorities, but not from minorities. We supplement the statistical analysis with a case study of faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities in India.

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“…Ahmet T Kuru explains that the teachings amplified by Ulema contemporary in teaching something are generally oriented toward protecting "Islamic traditions" rather than generating new Islamic perspectives. For example, in Shia violence, texts of holy books used as tools of legitimacy have multiple interpretations, where the interpreter has total power over the text (Kuru, 2019).…”

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Majority religious politics: The struggle for religious rights of minorities in Sampang, Madura

Ramadhan

2022

Simulacra

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The strength of the discrimination against the Shiites in several places, especially in East Java, cannot be separated from the legitimacy given to the Tajul Muluk-led Shia heretical sect by the East Java MUI. One of the factors causing this discrimination is the difference in the perception of interests and the unequal quality of authority. In the case of Shia discrimination, certain positions in society delegate power and authority to other positions. This condition resulted in inequality in the status of Shiites as citizens’ rights and social subordination of the dominant group to other groups. This research was library research, where the researcher used data collection techniques with critical discourse analysis. In this study, the researcher interpreted the finding through literature, books, documents, and various digital and print reports related to Shia discrimination. In this study, the researcher found that the theological justification of the Sunni group is often used to discriminate against Shia. However, the basis of this problem is a conflict of political interest, where some groups are afraid of being dominated by others groups. Therefore, the researcher offered intrafaith dialogue to promote humanity by letting go of various political interests, as offered by Abu Nimer.

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Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment

Cited by 56 publications

References 358 publications

Spiral of Violence: A Critical Analysis of The Genealogy of Islamophobia

Spiral of Violence: A Critical Analysis of The Genealogy of Islamophobia

Faith-Based Discrimination and Violent Religious Hostilities: A Global Analysis

Majority religious politics: The struggle for religious rights of minorities in Sampang, Madura

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