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| Madkhali, for which the movement takes its name, was a member of the Saudi Arabian ] 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 ] movement.<ref>Thomas M. Pick, Anne Speckhard and Beatrice Jacuch, ''Home-Grown Terrorism'', pg. 86. ]: ], 2009.</ref> At the Madkhalist movement's inception in the early 1990s, the governments of Saudi Arabia and Egypt promoted the group as a counterbalance to more extreme elements of the wider Islamist movement.<ref name=pbs/><ref>Hossam Tammam and Patrick Haenni, ], 3 - 9 March 2011, Issue No. 1037.</ref><ref>Professor Girma Yohannes Iyassu Menelik, , pg. 16. ]: GRIN Publishing GmbH, 2009.</ref><ref name=zuhur>Sherifa Zuhur, ''Saudi Arabia: Islamic Threat, Political reform, and the Global War on Terror'', pg. 26. ], March 2005.</ref> During this time, a number of radical ] converted to Madkhalism, especially in the Salafist stronghold of ].<ref>ICG Interviews, Riyadh, 2004.</ref> | Madkhali, for which the movement takes its name, was a member of the Saudi Arabian ] 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 ] movement.<ref>Thomas M. Pick, Anne Speckhard and Beatrice Jacuch, ''Home-Grown Terrorism'', pg. 86. ]: ], 2009.</ref> At the Madkhalist movement's inception in the early 1990s, the governments of Saudi Arabia and Egypt promoted the group as a counterbalance to more extreme elements of the wider Islamist movement.<ref name=pbs/><ref>Notes, ''Whatever Happened to the Islamists?: Salafis, Heavy Metal Muslims and the Lure of Consumerist Islam'', pg. 291. Eds. Amel Boubekeur and Olivier Roy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780231154260</ref><ref>Hossam Tammam and Patrick Haenni, ], 3 - 9 March 2011, Issue No. 1037.</ref><ref>Professor Girma Yohannes Iyassu Menelik, , pg. 16. ]: GRIN Publishing GmbH, 2009.</ref><ref name=zuhur>Sherifa Zuhur, ''Saudi Arabia: Islamic Threat, Political reform, and the Global War on Terror'', pg. 26. ], March 2005.</ref> During this time, a number of radical ] converted to Madkhalism, especially in the Salafist stronghold of ].<ref>ICG Interviews, Riyadh, 2004.</ref> | ||
| After high-ranking member of Saudi Arabia's religious establishment denounced the movement in general, and Saudi ] and ] head ] criticism of Madkhali specifically, the movement lost its support base within the wider ].<ref name=harald/> Despite losing its audience in its country of origin, the movement had branched outward by the early 2010s, with Madkhalists gaining followers in western ], where the ] views them and other Islamists with suspicion.<ref name=kazakh>Almaz Rysaliev, ]. RCA Issue 653, 21 July 2011. Accessed 29 January 2013.</ref><ref></ref> Regardless of these gains, Western analysts have still described the movement as now being relegated to a primarily European phenomenon.<ref name=harald/><ref>Samir Amghar, "Salafism and Radicalisation of Young European Muslims." Taken from ''European Islam: Challenges for Public Policy and Society'', pg. 44. Eds. Samir Amghar, Amel Boubekeur and Michaël Emerson. ]: Center for European Policy Studies, 2007. ISBN 9789290797104</ref> Analysts have estimated that Madkhalists and their allies comprise just over half of the Salafist movement in the ].<ref>Martijn de Koning, "The 'Other' Political Islam: Understanding Salafi Politics."Taken from Whatever Happened to the Islamists?: Salafis, Heavy Metal Muslims and the Lure of Consumerist Islam, pg. 159. Eds. Amel Boubekeur and Olivier Roy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780231154260</ref> | After high-ranking member of Saudi Arabia's religious establishment denounced the movement in general, and Saudi ] and ] head ] criticism of Madkhali specifically, the movement lost its support base within the wider ].<ref name=harald/> Despite losing its audience in its country of origin, the movement had branched outward by the early 2010s, with Madkhalists gaining followers in western ], where the ] views them and other Islamists with suspicion.<ref name=kazakh>Almaz Rysaliev, ]. RCA Issue 653, 21 July 2011. Accessed 29 January 2013.</ref><ref></ref> Regardless of these gains, Western analysts have still described the movement as now being relegated to a primarily European phenomenon.<ref name=harald/><ref>Samir Amghar, "Salafism and Radicalisation of Young European Muslims." Taken from ''European Islam: Challenges for Public Policy and Society'', pg. 44. Eds. Samir Amghar, Amel Boubekeur and Michaël Emerson. ]: Center for European Policy Studies, 2007. ISBN 9789290797104</ref> Analysts have estimated that Madkhalists and their allies comprise just over half of the Salafist movement in the ].<ref>Martijn de Koning, "The 'Other' Political Islam: Understanding Salafi Politics." Taken from ''Whatever Happened to the Islamists?: Salafis, Heavy Metal Muslims and the Lure of Consumerist Islam'', pg. 159. Eds. Amel Boubekeur and Olivier Roy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780231154260</ref> | ||
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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. Political scientist Omar Ashour has described the movement as resembling a cult.
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 movement's inception in the early 1990s, the governments of Saudi Arabia and Egypt 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. Analysts have estimated that Madkhalists and their allies comprise just over half of the Salafist movement in the Netherlands.
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 heretics or even apostates. Such politically active Salafists are often described by followers of Madkhalism as part of an international conspiracy against "true Salafism."
Interaction with non-Muslim societies, where most Madkhalists reside, also distinguishes the movement. While most Salafists in the Western world are noted for lack of participation in the wider society, Madkhalists in particular are noted for minimalizing contact with non-Muslims. Also unlike the wider Islamist movement, Madkhalists seem uninterested in converting Western societies to Islam, preferring to simply accept and defend their rights as a minority community.
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 instead of discourse regarding the actual topic of discussion. The person of the movement's leader, Rabee al-Madkhali, also carries a heavy focus uncharacteristic of rival movements such as Qutbism. Madkhalists have been described as obsessed with defense of the movement's leader, often dramatising or exaggerating praise given by Salafist scholars and attempting to stifle or intimidate Salafists with opposing views to those of Madkhali and Madkhalists. A common mantra of promoted by Madkhali is that questioning the movement's clerics is forbidden as a general rule, and only allowed in cases of necessity.
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.
- ^ Roel Meijer, "Politicizing al-jarh wa-l-ta'dil: Rabi b. Hadi al-Madkhali and the transnational battle for religious authority." Taken from 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.
- ^ Omar Ashour, Libyan Islamists Unpacked: Rise, Transformation and Future. Brookings Doha Center, 2012.
- Thomas M. Pick, Anne Speckhard and Beatrice Jacuch, Home-Grown Terrorism, pg. 86. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2009.
- Notes, Whatever Happened to the Islamists?: Salafis, Heavy Metal Muslims and the Lure of Consumerist Islam, pg. 291. Eds. Amel Boubekeur and Olivier Roy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780231154260
- Hossam Tammam and Patrick Haenni, Islam in the insurrection? Al-Ahram Weekly, 3 - 9 March 2011, Issue No. 1037.
- Professor Girma Yohannes Iyassu Menelik, The Emergence and Impacts of Islamic Radicalists, pg. 16. Munich: GRIN Publishing GmbH, 2009.
- ^ Sherifa Zuhur, Saudi Arabia: Islamic Threat, Political reform, and the Global War on Terror, pg. 26. Strategic Studies Institute, March 2005.
- 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
- Samir Amghar, "Salafism and Radicalisation of Young European Muslims." Taken from European Islam: Challenges for Public Policy and Society, pg. 44. Eds. Samir Amghar, Amel Boubekeur and Michaël Emerson. Brussels: Center for European Policy Studies, 2007. ISBN 9789290797104
- Martijn de Koning, "The 'Other' Political Islam: Understanding Salafi Politics." Taken from Whatever Happened to the Islamists?: Salafis, Heavy Metal Muslims and the Lure of Consumerist Islam, pg. 159. Eds. Amel Boubekeur and Olivier Roy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780231154260
- Martijn de Koning, pg. 171.
- ^ Richard Gauvain, Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God, pg. 41. New York: Routledge, 2013.
- The Jamestown Foundation, Salafists Challenge al-Azhar for Ideological Supremacy in Egypt. 16 September 2010, Terrorism Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 35
- Martijn de Koning, pg. 169.
- George Joffé, Islamist Radicalisation in Europe and the Middle East: Reassessing the Causes of Terrorism, pg. 317. London: I.B. Tauris, 2013.
- Meijer, "Politicizing," pg. 388.
- Martijn de Koning, pg. 166.
- Martijn de Koning, pg. 174.
- Meijer, "Politicizing," pg. 381.
- Roel Meijer, "The Problem of the Political in Islamist Movements." Taken from Whatever Happened to the Islamists?: Salafis, Heavy Metal Muslims and the Lure of Consumerist Islam, pg. 49. Eds. Amel Boubekeur and Olivier Roy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780231154260