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idelogies in the arab world

Ideologies in the Arab world

Part I

Impact of 1967 Wars , Iranian Revolution , Afghan War and Current War in Iraq

The event of the 1967 war was considered as the final blow to the opponents through the oppositional constructs of pan-Arabism , which was promoted by Abdul Nasser and Ba 'thists in to unify Arabic nations With this , almost every Arabic kingdoms of yesteryear (Algeria , Egypt Sudan , Syria , Iraw , North Yemen ) united with the goal of change under the new strong Islamic policy . According to Pipes , through this , the development of

Arabic union and the range of Islamic powers expanded (p .285 . The Six Day War of 1967 had caused the increase of religious dedication among Islamic countries , which provided additional community support through vast numbers of civilians joining the armies . As according to New , the defeat of Islamic countries , most significantly Egypt , had caused the politicization of religion among Arab countries (p .166

The defeat of Arab nations during 1967 had caused the perception of humiliation and set-backs , and since then , Islam had become an ideology of political opposition and revolutionary aspiration . On the other hand the impact of the Iranian Revolution had caused the first mass-based non-Communist uprising as far as the records of the 20th century . After this war , the Muslim world had considered this as the beginning of the new glorious era in Islamic revolution . According to Nair (1997 ) from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies , Iranian Revolution was only one indicator of generally universal revival of Islam as a major and international political force (p .74 . Hence , upon the rise of Islam 's political regime , another revolution occurred during the 1980s under the event of the Afghan uprising . According to Goodson , the Afghan-Soviet War during 1979 to 1989 was only the latest in a number of jihads in which Afghans had risen during the last 250 years (p .18 . The effects however , of this war caused faction-formation (e .g . Taliban , Afghans etc ) that were united under one goal of Muslim ideology

The interrelationship between Afghan Islamic groups and Pakistani coordinators had caused the development of Islamic militias by fostering a web of personal and institutional relations among other Islamic groups , especially those victimized by Cold War and Islamic militancy According to Hussain , the post-Afghan war had caused extensive development in the military forces of Afghan countries , which was from the financial aids and donations of supporting Muslim countries and Islamic personnel (p .122 . Considering the development of Islamic pacts among other Arab nations , right after the Afghan war , Saudi Arabia had reconsidered the further deepening of their pact with Pakistani Sunni client , which provided Afghan fighters and militant groups , such as Sipah-e-Sahaba-e-Pakistani (SSP . These groups became very much active in Kashmir , and sooner after , they became under a new name , which was the Movement of Mujahedin from the provinces of Southern Afghanistan (Dossani and Rowen , 2005

.24 . In addition , the events of the Afghan wars had caused the developments of Islamic military forces that...

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