The Rise of Political Islam, 1928-2023
Multiple Choice Questions
Exam Questions
Discussion Questions
What is Islamic modernism and how did it influence Islamic society?
What are some of the goals of Islamist movements?
What are some of the different schools of thought within political Islam, and how does this influence goals and methods?
Why did Iran experience a revolution in the late 1970s?
Compare and contrast the rule of Khomeini in Iran with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
How do the ideology and goals of Hamas differ from those of the Hizb’allah?
To what degree can Hamas, Hizb’allah, and Laskar Jihad be described as Islamic nationalism?
Compare and contrast transnational Islam, international jihadism, and global Islamism.
How did the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan influence political Islam?
How has global Islam influenced world politics since the 1990s?
Exam Questions
How has political Islam responded to western conceptions of the nation state?
Drawing on examples from specific movements, contrast Islamic nationalism with global Islamism.
Compare and contrast the role of political Islam in Palestine with another Islamic-majority state.
Weblinks
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/01/what-is-the-koran/304024/ – text of 1999 article on political Islam
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB78/propaganda%20135.pdf – text of US analysis of the Shah of Iran 1969
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB78/propaganda%20137.pdf – text of document discussing anti-American sentiment in Iran 1978
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp – text of Hamas covenant of 1988
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB97/tal1.pdf – text of US document assessing the Taliban in Afghanistan 1994
http://www.al-islam.org/islamic-government-governance-of-jurist-imam-khomeini – Political philosophy of Ayatollah Khomeini as set out in 1970
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB78/propaganda%20140.pdf – 1979 US statement on Islam
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/21st_century/roadmap_hearings.pdf – text US government document on Israeli-Palestinian peace process
http://www.digitalnpq.org/archive/2002_winter/an_naim.html – text of article on Islamic Counter-Reformation 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031601941.html – efforts at reform within Islam 2007
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