فصلنامه پژوهش های منطقه ای
سال چهارم شماره 14 (زمستان 1395)

Takfiri groups are one of the most important contemporary issues in the Muslim world and even in the international arena. Following the terrorist events in Europe, the Supreme Leader wrote two letters to the youth of the West to clarify the nature of these groups. What this article is about is why some people join these groups, while the violent and irrational approaches of these groups have attracted the attention of analysts and public opinion. In the meantime, joining European youth in these groups should be further explored. On this basis, the attraction of Takfiri groups can be searched in these cases: The financial attraction which is seen in the payment of wages to the members of these groups, Mental and emotional attraction which can be seen in cases such as identity formation and revenge from the West. The ideological attractions of Takfiri groups are in slogans such as introduction of the original Islam; additionally, Sexual attraction, advertising, organizational and political structure can be seen in joining individuals into Takfiri groups

Western observers usually intend special meaning for “Islamism” according to which development of Islamist movements is interpreted as a serious threat to secular governments. According to this interpretation, “Islamist” is used to refer to extremist movements, groups and individuals which subscribe to religious values and ideals to serve a larger political agenda aimed at violently spreading or imposing special reading of Islamic law, either locally, regionally or internationally. This conception of Islamism is used by the author to investigate the phenomenon at three levels in Saudi Arabia: Islamist organizations, Islamism and society and the relations between Islamism and government.

Islamic awakening has a variety of political and social dimensions, and different approaches have been proposed to analyze the cause of this event, which is generally divided into two secular and religious approaches. The secular approach analyzes these movements in the process of secularization, the relationship between the powers and in the direction of political and economic reform. And there is no religious nature for them, although the religionists are in charge of the movement. On the contrary, the religious approach believes that the main factor in Islamic movements is religious concern. Muslims have revolutionized for the realization of the Islamic lifestyle and to achieve the goals and political system of religion. Of course, this does not mean that the political and social dimensions of it are eliminated or ignored.

The ideology and intellectual foundations of a revolution play a very important role in advancing the revolution, and on this basis, the study of the ideology of a revolution is of great importance. One of the ways of studying the ideology of each revolution is to refer to the slogans and messages of that revolution, as well as the results of the revolution or the government deriving from it. The "Islamic Republic" is a title derived from the messages and slogans of the Islamic Revolution, which goes beyond the scope of the slogan, has become a fundamental guideline for the world, and it appears in the form of a new government under the same title, “the Islamic Republic”. Of course, in the analysis of the slogans and messages of the Islamic Revolution for the contemporary world, one can refer to the common ground. This, on the one hand, includes the goals of the Islamic Revolution and on the other hand, as the ideals of revolution in the form of the Islamic Republic, is known for the contemporary world. Among the common areas of slogans and messages of the Islamic Revolution with other Islamic revolutions and movements, one can mention such things as: A common definition of legitimate power, common belief, common purpose, common enemy, unity, populism, and the revival of political function of religion. The Islamic Revolution of Iran, perhaps, has had and continues to have the most reflection and deepest influence in the world, especially in the Islamic world.