THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OF HUTHI MOVEMENT (ACCORDING TO THE LECTURES OF HUSAYN AL-HUTHI)
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-4-95-112
Abstract
In this article is considered the ideology of Huthis — a religious and political movement of Yemeni Zaydis, which came to power in Yemen
in 2014. The author analyzes 8 lectures of Husayn al-Huthi, a founder of the movement, which are crucial for understanding of this ideology. It is demonstrated that this ideology is based on the following ideas: 1. All Muslims, and especially those of Zaydi
school, are a chosen community; 2. Muslim world is in crisis, the cause of which is decline of faith; 3. Western countries and Israel have neocolonial aspirations towards Middle East, which must be actively resisted; 4. Islam and politics are inseparable; 5. The
only way to get out of the crisis and to perform a successful resistance to the Western expansion is return to faith, which in the fi rst instance should be expressed in a correct interpretation of the Qur’an according to a contemporary political situation; 6. All communities, and especially religious leaders, bear personal responsibility for their moral and political evolution
About the Author
T. A. BOKOV
Petersburg State University. Third secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
graduate student, Department of History of Middle East Countries, Faculty of Asian and African Studies
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BOKOV T.A. THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OF HUTHI MOVEMENT (ACCORDING TO THE LECTURES OF HUSAYN AL-HUTHI). Islam in the modern world. 2017;13(4):95-112. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-4-95-112
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