American Islam (term)

American Islam (Persian: اسلام آمریکایی, Arabic: الإسلام الأمريكي ) is a political term used by its critics in a negative description; among them is Ruhollah Khomeini,[1][2][3] the leader and founder of the Islamic Republic, who described it as "fake Islam". He uses "American-Islam" against "pure Mohammedan Islam". Also, this term was first described by Sayyid Qutb. From the point of view of this expression critics, American Islam means a type of Islam that is indifferent to oppression, extravagance, encroachment on the rights of the oppressed, and an Islam that helps the oppressors and the powerful, ceremonial Islam, and other things.[4] The Supreme Leader of Iran Seyyed Ali Khamenei (said in 2010), "American Islam means ceremonial Islam, an Islam that is indifferent in the face of oppression."[5][6] Khomeini believes that a religion which preaches a separation of state and religion is not truly a religion, and American religion intended to deceive Muslims.[7]

Background

For the first time, the mentioned expression (i.e. American-Islam) was used by Sayyid Qutb who was an Egyptian author, Islamic, theorist, and revolutionary. Seyed Qutb: "Americans need Islam. They want an Islam that fights the communists in the Middle East, not an Islam that fights colonialism and autocracy. They don't want Islam in order to rule, because when the religion of Islam is ruled: it trains a nation for which it is obligatory to become strong and reject colonialism; Whether it is communist colonialism or American colonialism."[8]

American-religion (idiom)

In addition to this idiom ("American Islam"),[9][10][11] Iran's first Supreme Leader, Ruhollah Khomeini used a similar idiom called "American-religion"; at 1989, he wrote a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev (known as Khomeini's letter to Mikhail Gorbachev). There, Khomeini mentions the expression of "American religion", and called it an "unreal religion".

On the other hand, Khomeini mostly referred to "pure and authentic Muhammadan Islam" which stood in sharp contradiction to "American Islam"; In his perception, called "American-Islam" for the separation of "religion and politics".[12]

Point of view

Sayyid Qutb

Sayyid Qutb[13] mentions: "Americans need Islam, and in fact, they are looking for an Islam that fights against communism in the Middle East region, not that form of Islam that fights against colonialism and autocracy." Americans don't want the kind of Islam that rules, and the reason is that when Islam takes over the government; It educates a nation for whom it is obligatory and necessary to become strong and reject colonialism; And it doesn't matter whether it is communist or American colonialism."[14]

Khamenei

According to Seyyed Ali Khamenei: American Islam, although it has an Islamic appearance and name --but-- it submits to tyranny and Zionism (it does not resist them); it accepts the reign of the arrogant; and completely serves the goals of the tyranny and America.[15]

See also

References
  1. Iran's Greatest Fear: "American Islam" nationalinterest.org Retrieved 22 February 2023
  2. American Islam aljazeera.net , retrieved 24 February 2023
  3. American Islam, VOA (voanews.com) Retrieved 26 February 2023
  4. "Syed Qutb" was the first person to warn about American Islam
  5. Iran's Greatest Fear: "American Islam" nationalinterest.org Retrieved 22 February 2023
  6. The difference between "American Islam" and "pure Mohammedan Islam" from Imam Khomeini's point of view IRDC (Islamic Revolution Document Center) Retrieved 26 February
  7. Ali, Mohammad; Fazlhashemi (2022). Shiʿite Salafism?. Springer Nature Switzerland. p. 136.
  8. "Syed Qutb" (سید قطب) was the first person in order to warn about "American Islam" Retrieved 22 February 2023
  9. The problem of the Islamic world today is American Islam avapress.com Retrieved 22 February
  10. Parsi, Trita (2007). Treacherous Alliance. Yale University Press.
  11. American Islam aljazeera.net, retrieved 24 February 2023
  12. Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin (2014). A Critical Introduction to Khomeini. Cambridge University Press. p. 161.
  13. Calvert 2010, pp. 165, 166.
  14. The first person to warn about American Islam (Syed Qutb) FNA, Retrieved 3 April 2023
  15. "American Islam" with Islamic guise serves the goals of America and Zionism Retrieved 28 April 2023

Works cited
  • Calvert, John (2010). Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism. Hurst & Co / Columbia University Press.
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