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Political Islam is any interpretation of Islam as a source of political identity and action.[1] It can refer to a wide range of individuals or groups who advocate the formation of state and society according to their understanding of Islamic principles. It may also refer to use of Islam as a source of political positions and concepts.[2][3]
Political Islam represents one aspect of the Islamic revival that began in the 20th century, and not all forms of political activity by Muslims are discussed under the rubric of political Islam.[1] Most academic authors use the term Islamism to describe the same phenomenon or use the two terms interchangeably.[1] There are new attempts to distinguish between Islamism as religiously based political movements and political Islam as a national modern understanding of Islam shared by secular and Islamist actors.[4]
^ abcVoll, John O.; Sonn, Tamara (2009). "Political Islam". Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets. doi:10.1093/obo/9780195390155-0063. Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
^Krämer, Gudrun. "Political Islam." In Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. Vol. 6. Edited by Richard C. Martin, 536–540. New York: Macmillan, 2004. via Encyclopedia.com Archived 2018-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
^March, Andrew F. (2015). "Political Islam: Theory". Annual Review of Political Science. 18 (1): 103–123. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-082112-141250.
^Jocelyne Cesari (2018). "What Is Political Islam". www.rienner.com. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62637-692-2. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
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