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A Sufi Response to Political Islamism

Al-Aḥbāsh of Lebanon

Bibliographic Data

ID8970840
AuthorsA Nizar Hamzeh (0000-0003-3304-175X, American University of Beirut), R Hrair Dekmejian (University of Southern California)
Year1996
Volume28
Issue2
Pages217-229
Publication date1996-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743800063145
OpenAlexW2089928819
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited18

The rise and spread of Islamist political movements have been topics of focal concern for scholars and analysts in recent decades. Since Richard Mitchell's seminal work on the Muslim Brotherhood, a plethora of writers have analyzed the attributes of both Sunni and Shiʿa revivalist movements and the policies of Arab regimes and the West toward the Islamist phenomenon. Yet scant attention has been paid to the reactions generated within the larger Islamic community toward the Islamist groups and their militant offshoots. One such unnoticed source of reaction to political Islamism is the nebulous confraternity of Sufi orders ( ṭuruq ) whose mysticism and esoteric beliefs and practices have set them apart from the exoteric revivalism and political activism of the Islamist societies, such as the Muslim Brotherhood and its many affiliates

Democracy · Epistemology · Islam · Militant · Muslim world · Mysticism · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political Islam · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Religious studies

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Unique citing works22
Citations per year0,79
Citation span1998 - 2025 (28)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 21
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