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THE POLITICAL THINKING OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (Mysl polityczna Bractwa Muzulmanskiego)

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Jamsheer H. A.
Studia Polityczne (Political Studies)
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2009
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issue 23
265-282
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The 19th century and the first half of the 20th century was a period of development for modern Arab political thinking. For some time after the end of World War II, what dominated several Arab countries was a doctrine of socio-political Arab socialism which was to have a significant impact on the adoption of a radical and populist socio-economic programme. A rival trend to this ideology was the trend dubbed Muslim fundamentalism, postulating a return to the very roots of Islam, as represented by the organisation known as 'al-Ikhwan al-Muslimin'; the Muslim Brotherhood. Established in Egypt at the end of the 1920s, it was led first by Hasana al-Banna (1906-1949), and then Sajjid Qutub (1906-1966). In the face of severe repressive measures against its members and supporters, the Brotherhood gave rise, for the first time in Arab political thinking, to questions regarding the nature of the Islamic society and the Islamic nation, the umma. After all, the organisation's members were persecuted by the very authorities who enjoyed the wide support of the citizenship. The negative aspect of umma inclined the persecuted toward raising the issue of an 'unbelieving' society (takfir) and the return of decadence (jahiliyyah). This issue was addressed by Abu al-A'ala al-Maududi (1903-1979) and his concept of the 'unbelieving' society and its 'jahiliyyah' have been adopted by Islamists. By the same token, conditions have emerged for forming, around the new leadership, a radical direction in Arab-Islamic political thinking, i.e. one oriented toward an 'utter dissociation from reality'.
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UN SECURITY COUNCIL 242 – SOURCE OF LASTING ARAB BITTERNESS

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Sorby K. R.
Asian and African Studies
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2016
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vol. 25
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issue 2
213 – 230
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The passage of Resolution 242 by the UN Security Council from the 22nd November 1967 was a major diplomatic achievement in the Arab-Israeli conflict. It emphasised “the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war” and contained the formula that has since underlain all peace initiatives – land for peace. In exchange for withdrawing from Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian territory captured in the 1967 war, Israel was promised peace by the Arab states. The resolution provides the basis on which the peace talks between Israel and the Arabs could be conducted.
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ALCHEMY, TALISMAN AND MYSTIQUE IN WEST AFRICA

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Moumouni S.
Asian and African Studies
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2010
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vol. 19
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issue 2
351-366
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Alchemy, as an expression of an 'abstract' and 'popular' culture, practised in the underworlds of professionals (craftsmen, magicians, healers, pharmacists, etc.), has not drawn yet much attention of African scholars. The aim of the paper is to show the importance of alchemy in the history of Africa to the South of the Sahara. Data from written sources and information collected on the mystical knowledge will be analysed to show the practice of alchemy and the techniques of development of the magic formulas. As to the source of the doctrines it is certain that alchemy, being of divine essence, proceeds from the knowledge of the prophets who hold the keys to them and communicate them to their followers. Like their Eastern and Maghrebian colleagues, West African alchemists, while Islamising and Arabising themselves, enriched the practice of alchemy with knowledge coming from the different civilisations. The aim is to identify old and current spiritual perspectives for these magic-syncretistic practices constituting the common heritage of the religious culture.
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