American Islam is a pejorative political term used by advocates of political Islam to describe an allegedly inauthentic form of Islam advocating separation of religion and state and lacking in anti-Americanism. The term was reportedly first used by Sayyid Qutb in 1952, an Islamist and prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood. It is widely used in the Islamic Republic of Iran where its critics describe it as a type of Islam that is, among other things, indifferent to oppression, extravagance, encroachment on the rights of the oppressed, that helps the oppressors and the powerful, and emphasizes ceremonial Islam."Seyed Qutb" was the first person to warn about American Islam farsnews.ir
Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader and founder of the Islamic Republic, used the termIran's Greatest Fear: "American Islam" nationalinterest.org Retrieved 22 February 2023American Islam aljazeera.net, retrieved 24 February 2023American Islam, VOA (voanews.com) Retrieved 26 February 2023 describing it as "fake Islam",The difference between pure Islam and American Islam should be explained by explaining the character of Imam (RA) for the young generation Tasnim News Agency retrieved 6 June 2023Imam Juma Arak stated; The enemy seeks to promote American Islam / our beacon is pure Islam retrieved 6 June 2023Hujjat al-Islam Dhu'alm:Velayat al-Faqih is the distinguishing line between American Islam and pure Muhammadan Islam mehrnews.com retrieved 6 June 2023 intended to deceive Muslims, preaching a separation of state and religion, that stands in opposition to "pure Mohammedan Islam". According to the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Seyyed Ali Khamenei, (speaking in 2010), "American Islam means ceremonial Islam, an Islam that is indifferent in the face of oppression."The difference between "American Islam" and "pure Mohammedan Islam" from Imam Khomeini's point of view IRDC (Islamic Revolution Document Center) Retrieved 26 February
Background At least according to the Iranian Fars News Agency, Sayyid Qutb, (Egyptian author, Islamist theorist), was the first one to use the phrase American Islam.
American-religion (idiom) In addition to this idiom ("American Islam"),Hojjatul Islam Mahmoudi:Stateless Islam is American Islam/Students should follow the instructions of the leadership seriously imna.ir retrieved 6 June 2023American Islam retrieved 6 June 2023 Iran's first Supreme Leader, Ruhollah Khomeini used a similar idiom called "American-religion"; at 1989, he wrote a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev (known as Khomeini's letter to Mikhail Gorbachev). There, Khomeini mentions the expression of "American religion", and called it an "unreal religion".
On the other hand, Khomeini mostly referred to "pure and authentic Muhammadan Islam" which stood in sharp contradiction to "American Islam"; In his perception, "American-Islam" called for the separation of "religion and politics".
Point of view
Khomeini Seyed Ruhollah Khomeini called American Islam:
Khamenei According to Seyyed Ali Khamenei:
See also
Americanism (heresy), a similar concept in Catholicism European Islam Islam in the United States Great Satan Iran–United States relations
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