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always been closely linked to political life caused the current
resistance to the Western military vacuum and provided the
forces and their political and ground for the return of
cultural superiority over the religion to the arena of
Islamic world. European life.
The Islamist movement in In this situation, the religion
Asia and Africa, which has of Islam, considering the
become a gathering place for its perfection and guidance of
followers, has infiltrated the human beings to complete all
stronghold of today's elites and human aspects of growing, has
taken root among students, been able to fill the spiritual and
engineers, doctors and lawyers. psychological gaps created in
The general appeal of modern the seekers of religion and keep
Islam is such that in all the free them from falling into the abyss
elections held in these of destruction, absurdity and
countries, the representatives anomalies of the industrial age.
and supporters of Islamists win. However, the true
The fact that the current manifestation of Islam has
political system in most become an important factor for
Islamic countries hardly resists change and transformation
change has nothing to do with among human beings and has
their culture or religion; rather, been able to create the
it depends solely on regional necessary coordination
and global policies and their between material needs and
conditions and calculations. spiritual values and respond to
Since Islam arrived at the spiritual and psychological
Europe, it has been able to gaps created in the human
have a great impact on their beings of the Western
civilization and culture; but the industrial age. (Athartmar,
process of change in Europe 2012: 127)
and the removal of religion Islamism means placing
from the scene of social and Islam at the center of politics
