Meaningful Aspects of Resistance Facing Intellectual-practical Intervention of Foreign Actors in the Development of Contemporary Extremism

One of the most important challenges of the contemporary era in the Islamic world is the growth and development of contemporary extremist currents, and the experience of gaining power, and the decline of ISIS is considered as the latest example. A comprehensive analysis of the context of formation of these currents shows that at the intellectual level of identity crisis and at the sociological level, social deprivation had a great contribution to the formation of these currents. However, in terms of practicality and development, these currents have always relied on the support of regional and international actors as a developmental factor, which can be analyzed in the experience of Wahhabism with the support of Britain, Al-Qaeda and ISIS with the support of the USA. Therefore, the main challenge of the present article is to analyze the intellectual-practical role of international powers in the growth of extremism and then to analyze the meaningful aspects of the resistance strategy in facing this challenge. The findings of the article suggest that the strategy of resistance in facing the interventionist strategy of foreign actors has played an important role in giving meaning to contemporary man and restoring the discourse of resistance through emphasizing components such as the revival of the resistance-oriented identity, the intergenerational transmission of the discourse of resistance, as well as the revival of the self-confidence of contemporary Muslims.