Meaning of Islampolitik | Babel Free

Definitions

The political implications of Islam; the evocation of Islam for political ends.

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Examples

“By the end of the nineteenth century, when the Netherlands began to tighten its hegemony over the whole archipelago and to incorporate interior regions that had remained independent until that time, a clear "Islampolitik" had emerged.”

“The misconceptions which were to shape both German Islampolitik and the eventual British support for Sharif Husayn's dynastic ambitions under the heading of the “Arab Revolt” were partly the result of deep-rooted European misconceptions about Islam in general and the caliphate in particular.”

“The prophet of Germany's Islampolitik was Baron Max von Oppenheim.”

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