REL 137g 1st Edition Lecture 26 Current LectureMeaning behind “Islamic”Intricate dichotomy with “Western”Used to insulate Muslims from too much modernity and Western influence 1941Jamaati-i Islami in Pakistan Operated among elites; college students and intellectualsEssentially, had the exact same goals as the Muslim Brotherhood Ayat Allah Khomeini First cleric in the modern world to lead a major movement that led to a revolution Highest rank of 12-er Shiite scholar1979 revolution in Iran Gives birth to the Islamic Republic in IslamEnormously important developmentInspired the Sunni world Broke the spell of Western dominance Internationalization in 1981With extremist movementsGrowing radicalization and internationalization since the 1950s that culminates on 9/11To impose an Islamic mode of operations on Western and Imperialist institutions Text and context Qur’an, Sunna and the texts of the classical schools handed down The context in modernity Certain things that were once allowed according to ancient texts are no longer correct inthe context of modernity Split between those who favor one over the other Islam in America1965America gets rid of the National Origins Act of 1924How the US ensured the majority of immigrants were from NW Europe through quotas The Cold War; the US didn’t want intellectuals moving to the Soviet UnionCivil Rights Movement Opened floodgates of immigration from Muslim worldMostly the wealthy, educated and intellectuals3 InstitutionsMuslim Students Associate in the 1960sIslamic Society of North America in the 1980sThe largest and most influential Muslim organization in the US Both Arabs and Indo-PakistanisIslamic Circle of North America in the 1980sIndian-Pakistani Less organized and influential Communal conversion to Islam Black Americans To such a degree that it is normal to be a Muslim White converts, on the other hand, are considered cultural/racial apostates A 20th century phenomenon that goes back to the 1930sBirth of the nation of Islam Led by Elijah Muhammad, WD Muhammad takes over after Transition to Sunni
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