Nationalism and Pan-Islamism; Interaction or Contradiction?

Khaliji Oskooie, Mohsen; Arastoo, Abdolkarim

Nationalism and Pan-Islamism; Interaction or Contradiction?

Volume 10, Issue 40
Winter 2009

Pages 159-180

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohsen Khaliji Oskooie ¹

Abdolkarim Arastoo ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law & Political Science, Tehran University, Tehran - IRAN

² Ph.D Student of Political Science, Institution of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran - IRAN

Abstract

Panislamists, because of it’s role in division and dispute among muslims and dividing of Islamic territories are cynical to "Nationalism". Nationalists also suppose, because wrong understanding of concepts, "Islamic Unity", it is equal to neglecting loyalties and national interests and religion of Moslem nations for organizing islamic unique nation.
In this research, by reviewing the political life of prophet(s) and Imam Ali (a) and historical experience in European nations to organizing Unique Europe and conceptual perception in two concepts of nationalism and panislamism and pay attention to collective identity and integration in internalional relations theories, we decide to exame the possibility of unionizing nationalism and transnalionalism (panislamism).

Keywords

Nationlism

Panislamism

Islamic Unity

Integration

Collective Identity