Abstract
The understanding of contemporary Islamic activism has become one of the most
important challenges for international academia since the 1980s. Late 1970s and early
1980s, witnessed a chain of unexpected but significant happenings in the heart of the
Muslim world, - which brought Islamic activism at the centre of academia world over.
Islamic revolution of Iran, the assassination of Egyptian President Sadat of Egypt,
initiation of the the process of Islamization in Pakistan, Islamist resistance to USSR‟s
invasion of Afghanistan, and occupation of the Holy Mosque of Mecca by Muslim
extremists were among some of those unprecedented incidents. the end of Cold War, the
appearance of Al-Qaeda at the world stage, the unfortunate occurrence 9/11 and the
consequent initiation of of the war of terror to eliminate terrorism exacerbated this
situation. The invasion of Afghanistan but no end in sight to wind up. This invasion
despite tremendous efforts to explain and understand the causes, goals, effects and future
direction of this rupture, furthure intensified the gravity of the situation .Many questions
remain unanswered and much work is needed to develop theory which can be generalized
to make satisfactory predictions about this particular scenario. The purpose of this paper
is to look into the theoretical approaches adopted for the study of this phenomenon, the
trajectories of these approaches, their current status and future prospects.
Mian Muhammad Rafi, Humaira Ahmad. (2018) Contending Visions of Contemporary Islamic Reassertion, Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Volume VIII, Issue 2.
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