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Cultural changes in the islamic world

Cultural changes in the islamic world. A Case Study: Turkey and Iran. Can a state modernize without westernize?. How is Islam to be used by a society? Turkey: they saw Islam differently than Iran (see) Post WWI Turkey Kemal Ataturk. Turkey’s Modernization.

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Cultural changes in the islamic world

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  1. Cultural changes in the islamic world A Case Study: Turkey and Iran

  2. Can a state modernize without westernize? • How is Islam to be used by a society? • Turkey: they saw Islam differently than Iran (see) • Post WWI Turkey • Kemal Ataturk

  3. Turkey’s Modernization • Began with a modernization movement after WWI that embraced Western ideas • Much of the rigid elements of Islamist thought were disallowed (sharia) • Women could give up the veil • Government moved towards socialism • Authoritarian but Parliamentary • Eventually has sought membership in EU

  4. Iran’s path to modernity • Post WWI era saw a startling degree of anger towards West. • Iran (Persia) had been partitioned against its will in 1906. • Post WWII era viewed Shah Reza Pahlavi government as a puppet of Western powers.

  5. Shah and Iran • Coalesced to US on oil deals • Professed anti communist • Secularized government • Looked to abolish Sharia

  6. Rise of Islamism • As the wealth gap grew and the Relationship with the Great Satan US grew closer, so did the anger in Mosques.

  7. Revolution! • The Iranian Revolution of 1979 • Too many affronts to Islam • Shah was forced to abdicate as the Khomeni revolution had tapped into Iranian Islamist beliefs.

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  9. On a collision course with the USA • Iranian Hostage Crisis: 1979 • Oil Embargo: 1970’s • Iran-Iraq War: 1980’s • Post 9/11 Politics • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclearization of Iran and the USA

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