What is the significance of the title 'Amīr al-mu'minīn

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3979690
AutoresC R Pennell (0000-0002-8057-6792, The University of Melbourne, autor de correspondencia), Richard Pennell
Año2016
Volumen21
Número4
Páginas623-644
Fecha de publicación2016-08-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13629387.2016.1157482
OpenAlexW2345755836
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas18

This article examines the use of the title amīr al-mu'minīn in the modern jihadist movement and sets it in the context of the history of how it was used extensively in northern Africa before colonialism. The use of the title did not necessarily signify a claim to caliphate as it is usually taken to be, but described a certain form of activist leadership which may have been attached to a caliph but also could signify a level of authority beneath that. In the modern armed jihad, the declaration of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi first as amīr al-mu'minīn and then as caliph was a staged promotion that separated his authority from that of al-Qa‘ida.11. This article uses some material from a conference paper given in Melbourne Australia in 1982 and reproduced in cyclostyled form in C.R. Pennell, ‘Amir al-Mu'minin, a Title and a Political Reality', in 2nd Conference of the Australasian Middle East Studies Association, ed. I. Herrman (Melbourne: Australasian Middle East Studies Association, 1983). Copies are available in the libraries of the University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and the State Library of Victoria

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