Islam

1
Islam the Modern World
2
Islam the Modern World

• 3 main themes
• Colonialism response
• Internal reform movements
• Reaction to Western culture

3
Colonialism and Western Culture

• Nationalism
• Science
• al-Afghani (1838-97)
• Secularism
• Atatürk Turkey

4
Islamic Revivalist Movements

• Muslim Brothers Egypt, 1928
• Ayatollah Khomeini (1901-89) Iran, 1978
• Wahhabis Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-92)
• Muhammad Al Saud (d. 1765)
• Saudi Arabia