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{{TotallyDisputed}}{{unsourced|date=February 2007}}'''Pan-Islamism''' ('''اتّحاد الاسلام''') is a ] movement advocating the unity of ]s under one ] or ]. While ] advocates the unity and independence of Arabs regardless of religion, pan-islamism focuses on the Islamic world. | ||
| The movement has a historical basis in the early years of Islam, when ] united the Arab Peninsula and, shortly thereafter, ] united North Africa and most of the Middle East. ] introduced Pan-Islamism during the colonial occupation of the Arab world. Al-Afghani's social policies were highly ], according to Danielle Costa of ]:<blockquote>Afghani believed that to live in the modern world demanded changes in Muslim ways of organizing society, and that it must try to make those changes while remaining true to itself. Islam, Afghani believed, was not only compatible with reason, progress and social solidarity, the bases of modern civilization, but if properly interpreted it positively enjoined them.</blockquote> Throughout the post war period, ] were lagging behind nationalists for popular support, especially behind the secular ] party which had offshoots in almost every Arab country, and had siezed power in many. Islamists suffered severe repression; it's major thinkers such as ], were imprisonsed and tortured. Until the late 1970s, nearly all attempts of pan-Islamism to win popular support were unsuccessful. But in 1979 the ] ousted ] ] from power and Muslim ] successfully ], which galvanised Islamists all over the world into renewed efforts, and increased thier popularity. The various branches of the ] throughout the Middle-East and in particular ] have since been a significant challenge to the secular nationalist or monarchical governments in the region. In ] and ] the ] enjoyed popular support especially since the formation of the ], and in Algeria the ] was expected to win the cancelled elections in 1992. Since the collapse of the ] ] has emerged as strong force in ] and in the last five years has re-emerged with significant strength in the ]. | The movement has a historical basis in the early years of Islam, when ] united the Arab Peninsula and, shortly thereafter, ] united North Africa and most of the Middle East. ] introduced Pan-Islamism during the colonial occupation of the Arab world. Al-Afghani's social policies were highly ], according to Danielle Costa of ]:<blockquote>Afghani believed that to live in the modern world demanded changes in Muslim ways of organizing society, and that it must try to make those changes while remaining true to itself. Islam, Afghani believed, was not only compatible with reason, progress and social solidarity, the bases of modern civilization, but if properly interpreted it positively enjoined them.</blockquote> Throughout the post war period, ] were lagging behind nationalists for popular support, especially behind the secular ] party which had offshoots in almost every Arab country, and had siezed power in many. Islamists suffered severe repression; it's major thinkers such as ], were imprisonsed and tortured. Until the late 1970s, nearly all attempts of pan-Islamism to win popular support were unsuccessful. But in 1979 the ] ousted ] ] from power and Muslim ] successfully ], which galvanised Islamists all over the world into renewed efforts, and increased thier popularity. The various branches of the ] throughout the Middle-East and in particular ] have since been a significant challenge to the secular nationalist or monarchical governments in the region. In ] and ] the ] enjoyed popular support especially since the formation of the ], and in Algeria the ] was expected to win the cancelled elections in 1992. Since the collapse of the ] ] has emerged as strong force in ] and in the last five years has re-emerged with significant strength in the ]. | ||
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Pan-Islamism (اتّحاد الاسلام) is a political movement advocating the unity of Muslims under one Islamic state or Caliphate. While Pan-Arabism advocates the unity and independence of Arabs regardless of religion, pan-islamism focuses on the Islamic world. The movement has a historical basis in the early years of Islam, when Muhammad united the Arab Peninsula and, shortly thereafter, Umar united North Africa and most of the Middle East. Jamal al-Din al-Afghani introduced Pan-Islamism during the colonial occupation of the Arab world. Al-Afghani's social policies were highly progressive, according to Danielle Costa of Tufts University:
Afghani believed that to live in the modern world demanded changes in Muslim ways of organizing society, and that it must try to make those changes while remaining true to itself. Islam, Afghani believed, was not only compatible with reason, progress and social solidarity, the bases of modern civilization, but if properly interpreted it positively enjoined them.
Throughout the post war period, Islamists were lagging behind nationalists for popular support, especially behind the secular Baath party which had offshoots in almost every Arab country, and had siezed power in many. Islamists suffered severe repression; it's major thinkers such as Syed Qutb, were imprisonsed and tortured. Until the late 1970s, nearly all attempts of pan-Islamism to win popular support were unsuccessful. But in 1979 the Iranian Revolution ousted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi from power and Muslim mujahideen successfully forced the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan, which galvanised Islamists all over the world into renewed efforts, and increased thier popularity. The various branches of the Muslim Brotherhood throughout the Middle-East and in particular Egypt have since been a significant challenge to the secular nationalist or monarchical governments in the region. In Pakistan and Bangladesh the Jamaat-e-Islami enjoyed popular support especially since the formation of the MMA, and in Algeria the FIS was expected to win the cancelled elections in 1992. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union Hizb-ut-Tahrir has emerged as strong force in Central Asia and in the last five years has re-emerged with significant strength in the Arab world.