Essays on Banna

Islam is a religion, which started in the 7th century in the Arabian Peninsula, precisely in Mecca. Its believers trust in the existence of Mohammad. It is believed to have originated from Prophet Mohammad, who was visited by Angel Gabriel for about 23 years. In this period, he received revelations with which the Quran is composed. In general, the Islam religion is revealed to mean ‘the one who submits to Allah' (“What Is Islam? - Political Islam”). Most importantly, they believe in the five pillars of faith, prayer, giving, fasting and pilgrimage. It is also a monotheistic religion, but ...

Comparison of Mustafa Kemal’s speech on the abolition of the Caliphate and Hassan al-Banna’s text Toward the Light

Every nation has its own unique history. There are some people called "the founders of nations" because they always leave a deep trace in the world history and in the population's hearts. Mustafa Kemal and Hassan al-Banna were those types of politicians, whose contribution to the histories of their countries is difficult to comprehend and appreciate. Both of them had to deal with religious issues during their political and social activities. Mustafa Kemal managed to divide politics and religion, Hassan al-Banna was eager to place religion on the top of all spheres of life. So we are going to ...

Abstract

The Middle East has been in the center of international attention for the past couple of years as the region has been embroiled in several conflicts that reshaped the region’s status quo. While a majority of the conflicts reported in the Middle East are caused by armed factions, some of these conflicts were brought by various social movements intending on forcing change to the country. Some of these social movements are brought in by the public themselves; hoping to pressure the government to impose reform. Some of these social movements sometimes meet failures, but there are those which ...

Q2.Mustafa Kemal’s on the abolition of a caliphate and Hassan Al-Banna’s text “towards the light text” on political life. Mustafa Kemal and Hassan Al-Banna are two important figures in the history of the Arab world in terms of their influence to nationalism and the current state of their nations. To begin with, Mustafa Kemal was an author with a liberal mind that made his works and line of thought free from the influences of the situation at the time where people had limited line of thought owing to the forms of leadership and religion. While he did ...

Introduction

Secular states are based on the need to separate the state from religion. Secular states are neutral and do not support any religion. On the contrary, Islamic countries are based on the need to introduce Islamic law within political systems. Religious laws restrict democracy and respect for freedoms and rights as part of secular states restricted by religious laws. The true political rule should be based on divine laws such as Islamic laws. This discussion is based on case studies of Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) and Jamal Abd alNasser, Egypt’s Liberation, 1953. In Iran, case studies ...

FIRST MODERN MUSLIM WRITERS

At the last part of the 19th century, a very influential but small group of Muslim thinkers and writers emerged and became the figures of Islamic modernism. Muhammad Iqbal, who also later made an important mark in the modernism of Pakistan, noted that Islamic philosophy has inspired European thoughts yet "Ismaic relisious thorughs have became stagnant.” (Geering, 2003) Other Muslim thinkers also thought about their religion being absoerbed and further developed by the greater scientific and modern infleunces of western thoughts. Hence, religion became a more central facet of modern social and political thoughts. The following writers are ilustration of ...