The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 20)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 20)

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Islam with reference to Western ideals and concepts. Indeed
the movement for Islamic reformation represented a genuine
attempt within the framework of Islam to absorb the liberal
thought which originated in the West. Jamal al-Din al-Afghani,
one of the outstanding pioneers of the movement, equated
national solidarity with religious solidarity. Moreover,
he was prepared to give preference to national solidarity
should it prove to be more effective than religion as a
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unifying force. Likewise, Muhammad ‘Abduh, a close friend
and follower of al-Afghani, asserted that love of the father-
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land is a religious duty. Abdul Rahman al-Kawakibi, another
prominent figure of the movement, clearly distinguished
between the Arabs and non-Arabs in the Islamic community .>°
It goes without saying that the Islamic reformists were
quite aware of nationalism as a force to be reckoned with;
hence their endeavor to relate the Islamic revival to Arab
nationalism.
Although they maintained that the community of
believers is. the basic political unit, they nevertheless
gradually moved from pan-Islam toward the concept of an
Arab caliphate. While the Islamic reformists expected the
purification of religion from outdated beliefs and
13 Hain, op. cit., p. 15.
14 nadav Safran, Egypt in Search of Political Community
(Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1961), p. 71.
15
Haim, op. cit., p. 26.

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party

تاريخ

1971-02-07

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Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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