Kurdish-Islamic synthesis
Kurdish-Islamic synthesis,[1][2] or Kurdish-Islamic nationalism (Sorani: کوردایەتیی ئیسلامی; Kurmanji: Kurdayetîya Îslamî) is a form of Kurdish nationalism which is Islamist in nature, unlike mainstream Kurdish nationalism, which is secularist in nature.[3][4]
History
The ideology emerged after the
Even more Islamist Kurds, such as Mullah Krekar, often profess some degree of nationalism. In some videos, Mullah Krekar speaks about Kurdish issues and supporting Kurdish independence. He was described as "publishing political and nationalistic statements one day, and Jihadi statements on the next". Mullah Krekar is also a populist, and his popularity in Iraqi Kurdistan rose between 2017 and 2019, mainly among the youth who were against the Kurdish government. Mullah Krekar also added that secularism "has destroyed Kurdish values". Many Kurdish-Islamic nationalists are also Pan-Islamists who choose to fight for justice for Kurds as well, while others just focus only on establishing Kurdish statehood under Sharia.[6]
Kurdish-Islamic nationalism is often hostile to other nationalisms in the region, and is also against Secularism, Kemalism, and Ba'athism.[7][3]
Criticism
Many of
Organizations
Sunni Muslim
- Iran
- Kurdish Hezbollah of Iran
- Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah
- Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle
- Iraq
- Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan
- Rawti Shax
- Kurdistan Islamic Movement
- Kurdistan Islamic Union
- Kurdistan Justice Group
- Kurdish mujahideen
- White Flags
- Kurdistan Islamic Relations Movement
- Syria
- Turkey
- Free Cause Party
- Islamic Party of Kurdistan
- Kurdish Hezbollah
- Kurdistan Islamic Movement (Turkey)
- Azadi Party of TADK
Notable figures
- Sheikh Ubeydullah
- Abdulkadir Ubeydullah
- Sheikh Said
- Osman Abdulaziz
- Ali Abdulaziz Halabji
- Ali Bapir
- Mullah Krekar
- Hüseyin Velioğlu
- Abdullah Beğik
- Mashouq al-Khaznawi
- Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu
- Mehmet Yavuz
- Assi al-Qawali
- İshak Sağlam
- Khider Kosari
- Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i
- Muhammad Salih Mustafa
- Ezaddin Husseini
See also
- Kurdish Muslims
- Islamism
- Kurdish nationalism
- List of Kurdish organisations
- Iranian-Islamic nationalism
- Turkish-Islamic synthesis
- A Modern History of the Kurds by David McDowall
Gallery
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Flag of theKurdistan Islamic Group, often used by many Kurdish Islamists
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Kurdish Islamic gathering in Erbil
References
- ^ "Secular Turks fear Kurdish–Islamic synthesis after presidentials". Hürriyet Daily News. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "Türk İslâm sentezinden Kürt İslâm sentezine - Yeni Akit". www.yeniakit.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ S2CID 247117013.
- ^ "Islamists of Kurdistan: Contradictions Between Identity and Freedom". The Washington Institute.
- ISBN 978-1-4008-8371-4.
- ^ Mahmud Yasin Kurdi (29 September 2016). "Time has come to break from Iraq, says radical Kurdish cleric Mulla Krekar". rudaw.net. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Islamists of Kurdistan: Contradictions Between Identity and Freedom". The Washington Institute.
- S2CID 249036504.