The Relations between Nationalism and Islam in the Middle East
The title is a research paper by Zhongmin Liu, published in “Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (in Asia)”, 2:1, 69-78. The following is an excerpt from its abstract.[1] [2]
Objective of the article
This paper argues that the conflicts between modernity and tradition in the process of modernization in the Middle East are rooted in the complicated relations between the two different ideologies, i.e., nationalism and Islam.
Methodology
The author probes the complicated relations between nationalism and Islam from three aspects: the impact of the Middle Eastern nationalism on Islam, the responses of Islamic fundamentalism to nationalism and the influence and prospects of the conflicts between Islam and nationalism in the political development in the Middle East.
Key Words
The keywords presented in the abstract are as follows: The Middle East； Nationalism； Islam; Islamic Fundamentalism; Islamic Reformism; Middle Eastern Political Developments; “Ummah”; Western Imperialism.