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| Madkhalism is often compared to ], sharing a number of tenents with the wider movement.<ref name=pbs/> Media analysts have warned against generalizing such Islamists movements despite their differences, however.<ref name=kazakh/> Unlike other Islamist groups which often oppose dictatorial government in the Middle East, the Madkhalist movement is openly supportive of such regimes.<ref name=rich41>Richard Gauvain, ''Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God'', pg. 41. ]: Routledge, 2013.</ref> Though often lumped together with all other Salafists and Islamists, the Madkhalists have been noted for their opposition to and mutual rivalry with ].<ref name=kazakh/> | Madkhalism is often compared to ], sharing a number of tenents with the wider movement.<ref name=pbs/> Media analysts have warned against generalizing such Islamists movements despite their differences, however.<ref name=kazakh/> Unlike other Islamist groups which often oppose dictatorial government in the Middle East, the Madkhalist movement is openly supportive of such regimes.<ref name=rich41>Richard Gauvain, ''Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God'', pg. 41. ]: Routledge, 2013.</ref> Though often lumped together with all other Salafists and Islamists, the Madkhalists have been noted for their opposition to and mutual rivalry with ].<ref name=kazakh/> The Madkhalist movement has been described as politically quietist, eschewing the organized political efforts of the mainstream of Salafism and even going as far as to declare those who participate in modern political system to be ].<ref>George Joffé, ''Islamist Radicalisation in Europe and the Middle East: Reassessing the Causes of Terrorism'', pg. 317. ]: ], 2013.</ref> | ||
| The polemics of the Madkhalists are markedly different from other Salafist groups as well. A noted feature of Madkhalism during Muslim dogmatic exchanges is attacking the opponent in favor of discourse regarding the topic of discussion.<ref name=rich41/> | The polemics of the Madkhalists are markedly different from other Salafist groups as well. A noted feature of Madkhalism during Muslim dogmatic exchanges is attacking the opponent in favor of discourse regarding the topic of discussion.<ref name=rich41/> | ||
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Madkhalism is a strain of Islamist thought within the larger Salafist movement based on the writings of Rabee Al-Madkhali. Though originating in Saudi Arabia, the movement lost its support base in the country and has mostly been relegated to the Muslim community in Europe.
History
Madkhali, for which the movement takes its name, was a member of the Saudi Arabian Muslim Brotherhood for most of his life, breaking off in the late 1980s. The movement has, in essence, been a reaction against the Brotherhood as well as the rival Qutbi movement. At the Madkhalist movements inceptioni n the early 1990s, the Saudi government promoted the group as a counterbalance to more extreme elements of the wider Islamist movement. During this time, a number of radical Jihadists converted to Madkhalism, especially in the Salafist stronghold of Buraidah.
After high-ranking member of Saudi Arabia's religious establishment denounced the movement in general, and Saudi Grand Mufti and Permanent Committee head Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh criticism of Madkhali specifically, the movement lost its support base within the wider Arab world. Despite losing its audience in its country of origin, the movement had branched outward by the early 2010s, with Madkhalists gaining followers in western Kazakhstan, where the Government of Kazakhstan views them and other Islamists with suspicion. Regardless of these gains, Western analysts have still described the movement as now being relegated to a primarily European phenomenon.
Tenets
Madkhalism is often compared to Wahhabism, sharing a number of tenents with the wider movement. Media analysts have warned against generalizing such Islamists movements despite their differences, however. Unlike other Islamist groups which often oppose dictatorial government in the Middle East, the Madkhalist movement is openly supportive of such regimes. Though often lumped together with all other Salafists and Islamists, the Madkhalists have been noted for their opposition to and mutual rivalry with Salafist jihadism. The Madkhalist movement has been described as politically quietist, eschewing the organized political efforts of the mainstream of Salafism and even going as far as to declare those who participate in modern political system to be apostates.
The polemics of the Madkhalists are markedly different from other Salafist groups as well. A noted feature of Madkhalism during Muslim dogmatic exchanges is attacking the opponent in favor of discourse regarding the topic of discussion.
Citations
- Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Sheikh Rabi’ Ibn Haadi ‘Umayr Al Madkhali. The Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential Muslims
- ^ ICG Middle East Report N°31. Saudi Arabia Backgrounder: Who Are the Islamists? Amman/Riyadh/Brussels: International Crisis Group, 21 September 2004.
- Roel Meijer, Global Salafism: Islam's New Religious Movement, pg. 49. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.
- ^ The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honour of Harald Motzki, eds. Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort, Kees Versteegh and Joas Wagemakers, pg. 382. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2011.
- ICG Interviews, Riyadh, 2004.
- ^ Almaz Rysaliev, "West Kazakhstan Under Growing Islamic Influence." Institute for War and Peace Reporting. RCA Issue 653, 21 July 2011. Accessed 29 January 2013.
- Reporting Central Asia No. 653
- ^ Richard Gauvain, Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God, pg. 41. New York: Routledge, 2013.
- George Joffé, Islamist Radicalisation in Europe and the Middle East: Reassessing the Causes of Terrorism, pg. 317. London: I.B. Tauris, 2013.