Sheikh Wahbah al-Zuhaili on international relations

In recent years, radical and violent Islamist movements – such as al-Qaeda and its offshoot the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – have seized the spotlight. A corollary of this preoccupation has been the proliferation of studies on the political thought of radical Islamist figures such as Abu Muhamm...

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Main Author: Baroudi, Sami E. (author)
Other Authors: Behmardi, Vahid (author)
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Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8063
https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2016.1263190
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00263206.2016.1263190
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Baroudi, S. E., & Behmardi, V. (2017). Sheikh Wahbah al-Zuhaili on international relations: the discourse of a prominent Islamist scholar (1932–2015). Middle Eastern Studies, 53(3), 363-385.
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description In recent years, radical and violent Islamist movements – such as al-Qaeda and its offshoot the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – have seized the spotlight. A corollary of this preoccupation has been the proliferation of studies on the political thought of radical Islamist figures such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin-Laden. By contrast, scant attention has been paid to the thought of moderate contemporary Sunni Islamist scholars. This article attempts to rectify this situation by focusing on the international relations discourse of a prominent Syrian Islamist thinker Sheikh Wahbah al-Zuhaili (hereafter Zuhaili). The article examines Zuhaili's views on three central and interrelated topics: (1) the nature and underpinning principles of international relations; (2) war; and (3) the role of international law and international norms and conventions in international relations. By shedding light on Zuhaili's thought and situating it in its proper ideational and historical contexts, the article concludes that radical Islamist ideology is at the periphery of contemporary Islamist conceptualizations of international relations while the epicentre is held by mainstream Islamists whose perspectives on international relations are fairly compatible with prevalent western views, especially those emanating from the Realist school.
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spelling Sheikh Wahbah al-Zuhaili on international relationsthe discourse of a prominent Islamist scholar (1932–2015)Baroudi, Sami E.Behmardi, VahidIn recent years, radical and violent Islamist movements – such as al-Qaeda and its offshoot the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – have seized the spotlight. A corollary of this preoccupation has been the proliferation of studies on the political thought of radical Islamist figures such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin-Laden. By contrast, scant attention has been paid to the thought of moderate contemporary Sunni Islamist scholars. This article attempts to rectify this situation by focusing on the international relations discourse of a prominent Syrian Islamist thinker Sheikh Wahbah al-Zuhaili (hereafter Zuhaili). The article examines Zuhaili's views on three central and interrelated topics: (1) the nature and underpinning principles of international relations; (2) war; and (3) the role of international law and international norms and conventions in international relations. By shedding light on Zuhaili's thought and situating it in its proper ideational and historical contexts, the article concludes that radical Islamist ideology is at the periphery of contemporary Islamist conceptualizations of international relations while the epicentre is held by mainstream Islamists whose perspectives on international relations are fairly compatible with prevalent western views, especially those emanating from the Realist school.PublishedN/A2018-06-20T05:53:20Z2018-06-20T05:53:20Z20162018-06-20Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1743-7881http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8063https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2016.1263190Baroudi, S. E., & Behmardi, V. (2017). Sheikh Wahbah al-Zuhaili on international relations: the discourse of a prominent Islamist scholar (1932–2015). Middle Eastern Studies, 53(3), 363-385.http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.phphttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00263206.2016.1263190enMiddle Eastern Studiesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/80632021-03-19T10:43:08Z
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url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8063
https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2016.1263190
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00263206.2016.1263190