Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Existing scholarship has largely focused on the violence of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) when analyzing their response to the Oslo Agreement and the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority (PA) in the 1990s. The Islamist opposition’s contribution to Palestinian political tho...
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| description | Existing scholarship has largely focused on the violence of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) when analyzing their response to the Oslo Agreement and the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority (PA) in the 1990s. The Islamist opposition’s contribution to Palestinian political thought has largely been ignored, however, although the prospects of Palestinian self-rule confronted the two movements with fundamental questions about social organization, governance, and the permissibility of democracy. I offer an analysis of key Hamas and PIJ texts from this period to demonstrate that Hamas and PIJ fundamentally differ in their analysis of the state and the organization of just society. While Hamas outlines a state-centric approach to governance through which Islamic values are enforced from above, PIJ perceives the state to be the greatest threat to the just organization of society. This article consequently dispels the myth that the two Palestinian Islamist movements had no significant ideological differences in the 1990s. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6db1459fae3a46beb41f92f770ef05e82023-11-23T01:17:44ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-11-011211101010.3390/rel12111010Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic JihadErik Skare0Center for International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po, 75006 Paris, FranceExisting scholarship has largely focused on the violence of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) when analyzing their response to the Oslo Agreement and the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority (PA) in the 1990s. The Islamist opposition’s contribution to Palestinian political thought has largely been ignored, however, although the prospects of Palestinian self-rule confronted the two movements with fundamental questions about social organization, governance, and the permissibility of democracy. I offer an analysis of key Hamas and PIJ texts from this period to demonstrate that Hamas and PIJ fundamentally differ in their analysis of the state and the organization of just society. While Hamas outlines a state-centric approach to governance through which Islamic values are enforced from above, PIJ perceives the state to be the greatest threat to the just organization of society. This article consequently dispels the myth that the two Palestinian Islamist movements had no significant ideological differences in the 1990s.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/1010HamasPalestinian Islamic Jihadpolitical theoryIslamismJamal MansurFathi al-Shiqaqi |
| spellingShingle | Erik Skare Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Religions Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad political theory Islamism Jamal Mansur Fathi al-Shiqaqi |
| title | Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| title_full | Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| title_fullStr | Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| title_full_unstemmed | Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| title_short | Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
| title_sort | controlling the state in the political theory of hamas and palestinian islamic jihad |
| topic | Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad political theory Islamism Jamal Mansur Fathi al-Shiqaqi |
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