Islamic Politics Research

Islamic Politics Research

Discourse Analysis of Globalization and the Emergence of Salafi-Jihadi Political Islam in the Arabic Middle East

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Alireza Samiee Esfahani 1
Hamdollah Akvani 1
Mohsen Shafiei Seifabadi 2
1 Assistant Professor of Political Science Department, Yasouj University
2 PhD Student in Political Science, Yasouj University
Abstract
In the past recent centuries, some research projects have been conducted on the influence of the West on the East (History), but such investigations have not often been scientific (Problem); consequently, tracing the roots of the extent and methods of the influences of the West on the East have not been scientifically answered (Background). The present research seeks to answer this fundamental question that how globalization caused the emergence of the discourse of salafi-jihadi political Islam in the Middle East region (Question)? By increasing the crisis of meaning, globalization has led to the strength of the discourse of salafi-jihadi political Islam in the Middle East region (Hypothesis). The present article seeks to discover how the discourse of salafi-jihadi political Islam of Daesh and Jibhat al-Nusrah emerged (Objective). The present research, which is conducted based on the discourse analysis method, shows that how globalization in the Middle East region increases the necessity of searching for false meaning by challenging dominant identities. Salafism is also among the answers which are given to these needs. By making these meaning exclusive to themselves, and by focusing on concepts like shariah, leadership, jihad, returning to predecessor (salaf), and confronting secularism, they seek to create identities which are apparently strong, but instead of creating integrity and protecting the people against the apparently hostile external world, they destroy resistant Islam (Findings).
Keywords
Globalization
Crisis of Meaning
Discourse Analysis
Salafi Identity
Arabic Middle East
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  • Receive Date 12 April 2015
  • Revise Date 28 April 2015
  • Accept Date 21 June 2015