The Internal Causes of the Spread of the Thought of Takfir in the Contemporary Islamic World

Document Type : The Quarterly Jornal

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran (corresponding author).

2 PhD student in International Relations, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The thought of takfir is referred to the issue of Salafism and returning to the thought and practice of the Salaf, which has been propagated by people such as Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Abd al-Wahhab since the beginning of Islam, and has spread in the contemporary era. This study aims to examine the internal factors of the Islamic world in the expansion of the thought of takfir. Internal factors are those internal conditions of Islamic societies that have prepared the ground for the formation and expansion of this concept. Thus, the question arises as to what factors within the Islamic world have caused the promotion and expansion of the idea of takfir in the contemporary era? It seems that the idea of takfir by creating ideas and attracting audiences through the mechanisms of referring to the early Companions of the early days of Islam and by abusing some Islamic values, were able to distance them from the circle of Islamic sacred concepts and give them a legitimate and ideological status in the minds of their supporters. Also, the experience of takfiri groups like ISIS shows that the idea of takfir is more attractive to the audience of regions that are facing poverty, ignorance, unawareness, division and instability. The current study has taken advantage of the descriptive-analytical method and constructivist theory to analyze the set of internal factors involved in the expansion of the thought of takfir.

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Journal of Islam and Social Studies
Volume 10, Issue 40
ExecutiveExpert
May 2023
Pages 101-132

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  • Receive Date: 08 April 2022
  • Revise Date: 18 January 2023
  • Accept Date: 03 April 2023

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