Book contents
- A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Beginning of PIJ (1967–1988)
- Part II From the First Intifada to the Oslo Agreement (1988–2000)
- 5 Deportation, Patronage, and Organizational Reform
- 6 Faith
- 7 The Collapse of PIJ
- Part III From the Second Intifada to the Arab Spring (2000–2017)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Faith
The Conciliatory Movement
from Part II - From the First Intifada to the Oslo Agreement (1988–2000)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 January 2021
- A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Beginning of PIJ (1967–1988)
- Part II From the First Intifada to the Oslo Agreement (1988–2000)
- 5 Deportation, Patronage, and Organizational Reform
- 6 Faith
- 7 The Collapse of PIJ
- Part III From the Second Intifada to the Arab Spring (2000–2017)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, I analyze the ideological affinity between PIJ and Iran. I do so by first analyzing al-Shiqaqi’s view on the Shiites, and then investigating PIJ’s support for the Iranian Revolution. We see that the Iranian issue cannot be understood without relating the Iranian Revolution to the leitmotif of al-Shiqaqi: anti-colonialism. Consequently, we see that theological Shiite influence on PIJ is exaggerated. Second, as we assessed the ideological influences on al-Shiqaqi in , we here add to this analysis by comparing the thought of al-Shiqaqi with that of Ali Shariati and Ruhollah Khomeini. In the last section, the analysis is extended to include PIJ’s pragmatic stance in internal Palestinian politics. We see that while the Iranian Revolution embodies the need for regional unity, between Sunnis and Shiites, the resistance against the State of Israel embodies the need for local Palestinian unity.
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- A History of Palestinian Islamic JihadFaith, Awareness, and Revolution in the Middle East, pp. 129 - 143Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021