‘아랍의 봄’ 이후 이데올로기로서의 폭력적 극단 정치 이슬람

Political Islam as the Ideology of Violent Extremist after the ‘Arab Spring’: Challenges and Opportunities of Interpreting ‘Dawah’

The impact that Islamic State(IS) had on the international community was huge. As if denying the achievements of the “War on Terror” led by the United States, a more sophisticated violent extremist force such as IS emerged after the Arab Spring. Although IS lost its base and was annihilated in Syria and Iraq, the collapse of IS does not mean the end of violent extremism which abused the ideology of political Islam. In deed, some of the Muslim groups have been using the concept of ‘Umma’ as a counter ideology from European imperialism in the late 19th century to the some of the current US Middle East policy. However, being a member of the Muslim ‘Umma’ did not mean exclusion from other social affiliations, such as tribes or ethnicities, nor did it create conflicts with other identities. In this context, the ‘Umma’ should not be viewed as part of any rigid hierarchical identity. Thus, this study deconstructs the one-sided interpretation of 'Dawah' used by violent extremist and seeks a possibility of it as a social integration mechanism.