2023-10-11 07:03:35
The Milli Görüş Islamic Community – emergence and transformation of the mainstream of Turkish Islamism.
Vienna (OTS) – The current study analyzes the origins and ideology of the Islamic Community Millî Görüş (IGMG). The publication published by the Austrian Fund for the Documentation of Religiously Motivated Political Extremism (Documentation Center Political Islam) also examines the development, structures and networks of the organization – which has its roots in Turkish Islamism – in several European countries. In addition, transnationalization, confederative centralism and the veneration of the controversial founder Necmettin Erbakan are discussed in detail. Due to its broad organizational basis, Austria can be considered one of the priority countries in the global IGMG network. In this country, the organization’s regional representation is carried out by the Islamic Federations in Vienna, Upper Austria and Vorarlberg. In the current situation, the association is undergoing a conditional change.
“The study traces how the ideology of the IGMG fluctuates between world view and world conspiracy. The change in the organization that has been reported to the outside world can be measured by whether the movement can get rid of the Islamist underpinnings that came from earlier years,” says Lisa Fellhofer, director of the Documentation Center for Political Islam.
Ideologization of people of Turkish origin in Europe
The IGMG network is characterized by numerous political and religious connections beyond Europe. The focus of the transnational organization is on the ideologization of people of Turkish origin in Europe. A central element is, among other things, child and youth work, which is promoted particularly through our own education and advice centers. Despite a dynamic development process, parts of the IGMG still propagate a problematic and sometimes anti-Semitic worldview that can divide society. At a conference in Vienna in 2022, Bekir Altaş, Secretary General of the IGMG, made people sit up and take notice by saying that he viewed Hamas as a terrorist organization. Although Altaş indicated a new direction, he is no longer in office.
The study and all other publications from the Austrian Fund for the Documentation of Religiously Motivated Political Extremism (Documentation Center for Political Islam) can be found on the website www.dokumentationsstelle.at be retrieved.
Questions & Contact:
Political Islam Documentation Center
Sascha Krikler, BA MA
sascha.krikler@dokumentationsstelle.at
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