From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A case study of Rashid Ghannouchi's influence on ABIM, IKRAM, AMANAH and DAP

Rashid Ghannouchi has been known for his adherence to the idea of Islamic Democracy, which accepted democracy and its values as part of Islamic principles. For Muslims around the globe, Ghannouchi's non-conventional ideas are seen as something new and apt for the mdern democratic age, in partic...

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Main Author: Malik, Maszlee
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spelling iium-576242019-06-17T02:49:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57624/ From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A case study of Rashid Ghannouchi's influence on ABIM, IKRAM, AMANAH and DAP Malik, Maszlee BP173.6 Islam and the state BP173.63 Islam and civil society BP173.7 Islam and politics JC Political theory Rashid Ghannouchi has been known for his adherence to the idea of Islamic Democracy, which accepted democracy and its values as part of Islamic principles. For Muslims around the globe, Ghannouchi's non-conventional ideas are seen as something new and apt for the mdern democratic age, in particluar his recent epistemological departure from conventional 'Politcal Islam' to the paradigm of 'Democrat Muslim'. Ghannouchi's thoughts have been quoted by several Islamic organizations in Malaysia to legitimize their departure from the conventional Political Islamic discourse towards a more inclusive approach. Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM), Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (IKRAM) and Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH) are examples of those who substantiated their departure from conventional legalistic Islamism discourse to the idea of Islamic democracy, freedom, power-sharing and continous dialogues and engagements with others through Ghannouchi's ideas. On the other hand, some leaders of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a local secular party, have also been courting Ghannouchi. This study attemps to measure the influence of Rashid Ghannouchi's thoughts on the above mentioned organizations and parties and understand the motivations underlying the influence. IIUM Press 2017-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57624/13/57624-From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat%20Muslim.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57624/7/57624_From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57624/19/57624_From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat%20Muslim_WOS.pdf Malik, Maszlee (2017) From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A case study of Rashid Ghannouchi's influence on ABIM, IKRAM, AMANAH and DAP. Intellectual Discourse, 25 (1). pp. 21-53. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639 http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/991/684
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Malik, Maszlee
From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A case study of Rashid Ghannouchi's influence on ABIM, IKRAM, AMANAH and DAP
description Rashid Ghannouchi has been known for his adherence to the idea of Islamic Democracy, which accepted democracy and its values as part of Islamic principles. For Muslims around the globe, Ghannouchi's non-conventional ideas are seen as something new and apt for the mdern democratic age, in particluar his recent epistemological departure from conventional 'Politcal Islam' to the paradigm of 'Democrat Muslim'. Ghannouchi's thoughts have been quoted by several Islamic organizations in Malaysia to legitimize their departure from the conventional Political Islamic discourse towards a more inclusive approach. Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM), Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (IKRAM) and Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH) are examples of those who substantiated their departure from conventional legalistic Islamism discourse to the idea of Islamic democracy, freedom, power-sharing and continous dialogues and engagements with others through Ghannouchi's ideas. On the other hand, some leaders of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a local secular party, have also been courting Ghannouchi. This study attemps to measure the influence of Rashid Ghannouchi's thoughts on the above mentioned organizations and parties and understand the motivations underlying the influence.
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author Malik, Maszlee
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title From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A case study of Rashid Ghannouchi's influence on ABIM, IKRAM, AMANAH and DAP
title_short From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A case study of Rashid Ghannouchi's influence on ABIM, IKRAM, AMANAH and DAP
title_full From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A case study of Rashid Ghannouchi's influence on ABIM, IKRAM, AMANAH and DAP
title_fullStr From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A case study of Rashid Ghannouchi's influence on ABIM, IKRAM, AMANAH and DAP
title_full_unstemmed From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A case study of Rashid Ghannouchi's influence on ABIM, IKRAM, AMANAH and DAP
title_sort from political islam to democrat muslim: a case study of rashid ghannouchi's influence on abim, ikram, amanah and dap
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/57624/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57624/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57624/13/57624-From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat%20Muslim.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57624/7/57624_From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57624/19/57624_From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat%20Muslim_WOS.pdf
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