Abdessalam Yassine: On Sovereignty and the Just Ruler

Deina Abdelkader

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Chapter 14 Abdessalam Yassine: On Sovereignty and the Just Ruler

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Pages:: 397–412

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004519534_015

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This chapter examines the thought of Abdessalam Yassine (1928–2012), the founder of the Justice and Benevolence movement (al-ʿAdl wa-l-Iḥsān) in Morocco, a movement that has international branches outside Morocco, especially among the Moroccan diaspora in Europe. Yassine was put in a mental asylum and placed under house arrest for writing well-publicized letters to King Hassan II (r. 1961–1999) and later to his son and successor, King Mohammed VI (r. 1999–present). Yassine is a prolific author, and his publications address topics such as democracy, reason, ijtihād and the concept of guardianship (rulership) in Muslim communities. First, the chapter offers a biographical sketch of Yassine’s spiritual and political journey, then it successively synthesizes his views on reason, democracy, ijtihād, and guardianship.

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Contemporary Moroccan Thought

On Philosophy, Theology, Society, and Culture

Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, Volume: 186

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004519534

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 24 Oct 2024

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