The Dilemma Between Religious Doctrine and Political Pragmatism

Study of Hamas in Palestine

Bibliographic Data

ID21989182
AuthorsMulawarman Hannase (University of Indonesia, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume10
Issue1
Pages54-70
Publication date2020-04-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligió Jurnal Studi Agama-agama (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2088-6330 • E-ISSN: 2503-3778
PublisherState Islamic University (UIN) of Sunan Ampel (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15642/religio.v10i1.1308
OpenAlexW3035577798
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

This paper aims to examine how Hamas as an Islamic movement which adheres to the Muslim Brotherhood ideology came into the political public sphere from 2006 until today. Can Hamas maintain the purity of its religious doctrine when the movement engages in a political election in Palestine? This research uses a qualitative method and adopts the theory of political normalization by Antony Bubalo and Greg Feely to analyze how Islamists movement runs into a secular democratic system by participating in the election, establishing political parties, and contributing within a parliamentary and presidential system. From a theological perspective, this research shows that violence involved by an Islamist group in particular due to their theological interpretation. Meanwhile, from a political perspective, Hamas tries to adapt its approach with the political condition and runs with the contextual realm as well as other political groups from different ideological backgrounds

Democracy · Dilemma · Doctrine · Epistemology · Ideology · Islam · Judaism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Realm · Sociology · Theology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy

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