Islamic Awakening and Strategy of the Formation of an Islamic Ummah (Article)

The title is a Persian article by Akhavan Kazemi Bahram in "Islamic Revolution Studies", Summer 2013, Volume 10, Number 33; Page(s) 27 to 42. The following has been extracted from its abstract.

Introduction

The main inquiry of this article is what interactions are there between Islamic awakening and the formation of an Islamic Ummah. Therefore applying descriptive analysis of documents and offering evidence from the Quran and traditions as well as opinions of scholars and reformers such as Imam Khomeini it has been tried to prove this assumption that there is strategic interactions between Islamic awakening and unity of Islamic Ummah and they are the main component for each other to be implemented.

Islamic awakening, Muslim unity and Islamic Ummah

The author believes that one of the main instances of Islamic awakening is observing the aspiration of Muslim unity and an Islamic Ummah; one of the Islamic ways to pave the ground for Muslim unity and formation of an Islamic Ummah is to increase Muslims awareness and alertness toward Islamic aspirations, objectives and duties.

Key to Muslims’ unity

The key to Muslims’ unity lies in the implementation of Islam and people’s and rulers’ real faith in this religion so that away from any dispersive factor the way toward unity and consolidation of the Ummah can be paved in the light of monotheism.

Threats of Islamic awakening

However, one of the threats of Islamic awakening is the extremist Wahhabis dispersive behavior. Fighting this current is the first strategic measure to implement the aspiration of a united Islamic Ummah.