Similarities between Marxism-Leninism with the Thought and Behavior of ISIS

The aim of the present article is to clarify the roots of the anti-Western view in radical Islamism and to compare it with the alternative political ideology of the West in its totalitarian form (Marxism-Leninism). Comparison based on the reconstruction of the political theory of "Sayyid Qutb" is the most important theorist of radical Islamism in the contemporary era and "Vladimir Lenin" is the theorist of Marxism-Leninism. Despite all the differences, similar basic structures can be seen in these two theories and thinking: Human history is seen as a battle of life and death between good and evil, which in both theories of evil threatens human existence. he does. Among them are people who have a good character and have a mission or mission to save humanity from evil and ultimately realize the utopia of a classless society. Fighting and conflict in this process is natural and should be organized in order to purify society. He tried to follow the followers of the true belief. The conclusion of this article is that radical Islamism is not a pre-modern ideology, but rather it can be considered as an ideology that incites and encourages its followers by criticizing the liberal society, stating that these societies fulfill their main promise. That is freedom is failed. The research method in this article is descriptive-analytical based on documentary-library sources.