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A Feeble Folk to whom No Concern is Accorded: ‘Apocalyptic Responses‘ to ISIS and their Contextualization
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SYSNO ASEP 0495822 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title A Feeble Folk to whom No Concern is Accorded: ‘Apocalyptic Responses‘ to ISIS and their Contextualization Author(s) Ostřanský, Bronislav (OU-W) RID, SAI, ORCID Number of authors 1 Source Title Central European Journal for Conteporary Religion. - : Nakladatelství Karolinum - ISSN 2533-7955
Roč. 2, č. 1 (2018), s. 57-76Number of pages 20 s. Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords apocalypticism ; ISIS ; millennialism Subject RIV AA - Philosophy ; Religion OECD category Religious studies Institutional support OU-W - RVO:68378009 Annotation Apocalyptic rhetoric has become a symptomatic expression of the so called Islamic State (hereinafter ISIS). This article provides the reader with a quite different perspective on the apocalyptic visions of ISIS than usual. “A Feeble Folk to whom no Concern is Accorded” (this title is a borrowed quotation from an apocalyptic prophecy recorded by Nuʽaym ibn Hammad in his Kitāb al-Fitan) discusses, above all, how the activities of ISIS are placed into an apocalyptic context by their Muslim opponents. Perhaps not surprisingly that such opposing perceptions can be found mainly within the contributions belonging to those Muslim groups and strands that currently feel mortally threatened by the ISIS inspired terror, namely Shiites, Sufis, liberals, etc. This paper elaborates pivotal Sunni patterns as well as examples of such a fighting against ISIS “in eschatological terms.” Workplace Oriental Institute Contact Zuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950 Year of Publishing 2019
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