On the theoretical foundations and historical development of radical Islam as a political ideology

Abstract

The purpose of this article is the analysis of the theoretical foundations of radical Islamism as a political ideology and consideration of the main historical stages of its formation, on the examples of specific religious and political figures. The article presents the main principles of the theorists of radical Islam, on the ideological basis of which there are modern extremist groups such as “Islamic State”, “Al-Qaeda”, “Hizbut-Tahrir” and many others.The author addresses the Koran and the collection of Hadiths “Musnad” by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, as well as the works of Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Wahhab, Hassan al-Banna, Seyyid Kutub, Abu al-Al Al-Maududi, etc., as well as the works of local and foreign scholars in this research area. The article is divided into two main parts, the first of which is devoted to the basic postulates of radical Islam, the second is focused on their practical implementation in the political practice of Muslim States. The author came to the conclusion that throughout the history Islamic radicalis periodically received a substantial distribution as one of the answers of the Muslim world, on the one hand, to external pressure, and on the other to the processes happening within itself that a certain group of “zealots” interpreted as the deviation from the true meaning of the religion.

Keywords

• religion
• radical islam
• islamism
• muslims
• islamic fundamentalism
• ideology