نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Establishing a cohesive and united Muslim community in today’s world, considering the prevailing global conditions, is an undeniable necessity and need. The notion of the ummah wāḥidah (single unified community) serves as the organizing and central concept for all Muslims. The formation of this concept within the contemporary international system possesses characteristics such as globalization, which is analyzed in the present study. The presence of Muslim nation-states and their fragmented and isolated actions have led to ambiguity in the concept of the Islamic ummah. The establishment of the ummah wāḥidah is emphasized in the Noble Qurʾān and the teachings derived from the sīrah of the maʿṣūmīn (infallibles, peace be upon them). According to both major Islamic sources—Qurʾānic verses and ḥadīths—the formation of the ummah is one of Islam’s most important projects. This matter must not be neglected in the contemporary period. Both the verses and the traditions have sought to devise mechanisms for the founding of the Islamic ummah. These mechanisms can be extracted and implemented even in the contemporary era to manifest aspects of the ummah’s establishment so that the concept of the Islamic ummah does not become ambiguous. It appears that in answering the question of how the Islamic ummah can be formed, one must refer to the intellectual and gradual decline of this concept. In a globalized international system where Islamic actors exist as separate nation-states, the establishment of the ummah is not feasible. Rather, the formation of Islamic unions and moving towards convergence among Islamic countries may serve as an alternative. This process has previously been pursued through the establishment of organizations like the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and is now on the agenda of countries like Malaysia through the establishment of an Islamic alliance.
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