The State, Civil Society and the Prospects of Islamic Fundamentalism

Kazemzadeh, Masoud

doi:10.1215/1089201x-16-1-55

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1998

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“…This has led the incumbent authoritarian regimes to halt or reverse earlier steps towards political liberalization and democratization. This situation has produced scholarly and popular debates on the relationship between democracy, Islam, and Islamic fundamentalism (see, for example, AbuKhalil 1995; Esposito and Piscatori 1991;Kazemzadeh 1996;Tessler and Brand 1995;Voll and Esposito 1995).…”

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“…Despite facing repression, the traditional Shi'i clerics-who constitute the overwhelming majority of high ranking clerics in Iran-continue to preach the millennia-long Shi'i belief that, as long as the 12th Imam is absent, the Shi'i clerics should avoid direct involvement in politics and only dwell on purely religious matters (Behrooz 1996;Kazemzadeh 1996). Sunnis, both traditional and fundamentalist, advocate the implementation of the Shariah (Islamic religious law), but do not advocate the rule of Sunni ulama or muftis (clerics).…”

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