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Glossary of useful terms:

Shariah: Islamic Law

ulama: learned people, religious scholars

Kharijites: early Islamic extremist faction (7th century), marginalized by mainstream Islam

Ibn Taymiyya: influential Muslim theologian and jurist (1268-1328)

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1791): founder of Wahhabism

Muhammad ibn Saud: linked up with ibn Abd al-Wahhab and gave his name to Saudi Arabia

Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud: firmly establishes the Saudi kingdom in the early 20th century

Jahiliyya: the pre-Islamic era, re-appropriated and invested with a new meaning by radicalists

hiraba: “brigandage,” “terrorism”

convivencia: “co-existence,” used particularly in reference to Andalucia (Muslim Spain)

Three important ideologues of Islamic reformist-activism/later radicalism:

Hasan al-Banna: (1906-49), founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1928

Mawlana Mawdudi (1903-79): founder of the Jamaat-i Islami party (the Islamic Congregation Party) in 1941 in India, later moved to Pakistan

Sayyid Qutb (1906-66): Egyptian activist who radicalized the ideas of al-Banna and Mawdudi, considered the godfather of Islamic radicalism

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	Info Lecture 9 Handout Document Actions — filed under: Societies, Religion, Middle East, Culture, Islamic Societies, Arabic, History, Arabic and Middle East Studies, North Africa, Islam Islamic Societies of the Middle East and North Africa MELC20040 Glossary of useful terms: Shariah: Islamic Law ulama: learned people, religious scholars Kharijites: early Islamic extremist faction (7th century), marginalized by mainstream Islam Ibn Taymiyya: influential Muslim theologian and jurist (1268-1328) Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1791): founder of Wahhabism Muhammad ibn Saud: linked up with ibn Abd al-Wahhab and gave his name to Saudi Arabia Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud: firmly establishes the Saudi kingdom in the early 20th century Jahiliyya: the pre-Islamic era, re-appropriated and invested with a new meaning by radicalists hiraba: “brigandage,” “terrorism” convivencia: “co-existence,” used particularly in reference to Andalucia (Muslim Spain) Three important ideologues of Islamic reformist-activism/later radicalism: Hasan al-Banna: (1906-49), founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1928 Mawlana Mawdudi (1903-79): founder of the Jamaat-i Islami party (the Islamic Congregation Party) in 1941 in India, later moved to Pakistan Sayyid Qutb (1906-66): Egyptian activist who radicalized the ideas of al-Banna and Mawdudi, considered the godfather of Islamic radicalism Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. administrator. (2006, September 05). Lecture 9 Handout. Retrieved January 09, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/arabic-and-middle-east-studies/islamic-societies-of-the-middle-east-and-north/Lecture%209%20Handout.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.	Reuse Course Download this course

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