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A New Synthesis:

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A New Synthesis:

[Thesis]

Kindawi, Ahmad

Saudi Salafism and the Contested Ideologies of Muḥammad Surūr

Blake, Corinne

Rowan University

2020

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M.A.

Rowan University

2020

The thesis examines the life and thought of Muḥammad Surūr Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, the Syrian ideologue and founder of an influential Islamist trend within the Ṣaḥwa (Awakening) movement in Saudi Arabia. In the highly politicalized Saudi Islamist scene of the early 1970s, Surūr came up with a unique synthesis: an amalgam of the political awareness of the Muslim Brotherhood in seeking political reform and the implementation of an Islamic order and the religious thought of Wahhābīs. Under the influence of Surūr's ideas, a new group appeared, al-Surūriyya, which had a significant impact on Saudi Islamic activism, becoming the main group within it. Surūr positioned himself and his followers as centrist Salafis. While rejecting the violent approach of the "ḥizb al-Ghulāt" (radicals), Surūr condemned "ḥizb al-Wulāt" (loyalists), who called for total obedience to the rulers; he also wrote influential anti-Shiʿi treatises. Analyzing the debates between Surūr, who advocated non-violent political activism, and "ḥizb al-Wulāt," who adopted a quietist posture, sheds light on the ongoing discussion about political engagement among Salafis. This thesis is mainly drawn from primary sources: Surūr's own corpus of political and religious writings, journalistic work, and memoirs and a series of seven recorded television interviews with Surūr as well as writings of other Salafis, especially his opponents.

Islam

Middle Eastern history

Middle Eastern studies

Blake, Corinne

Kindawi, Ahmad

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[Thesis]

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