Priorities of The Islamic Movement in The Coming Phase

by Yusuf al-Qaradawi

• Preface
• Introduction: On the Islamic Movement
  • What Do We Mean By Islamic Movement?
    • The Islamic Movement is a popular work performed for Allah's sake
    • Inadequacy of Official Work
  • The Movement is an Organized, collective work
  • The Movement's mission is to revive Islam
  • How should the required revival be achieved?
  • The multitude of the Movement's fields of action, and which is more deserving
    • Diversification of Fields of Work
    • There is Educational Work
    • There is Political Work
    • There is Social Work
    • There is Economic Work
    • There is the Work of Struggle (Jihad)
    • There is Media and Propaganda Work
    • There is Intellectual and Scientific Work
    • Distribution of Forces Among the Fields of Work
    • What should be Emphasized and Given Priority?
• Chapter 1: The Islamic Movement In The Field Of Intellect And Knowledge
  • The Government In The Field Of Intellect And Knowledge
  • Our Need For a New Fiqh
  • The Types of ,fiqh [Understanding] We Need
    • The Fiqh of Balances
      • The Need for Two Levels of fiqh
      • Integration of the Two Types of  Fiqh in Examining Interests and Evils
      • The Difficulty of Practice in Real Life
      • Proof of the Fiqh of glances from the Holy Quran
      • The Opinion of Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymia
      • When the Fiqh of Balances is Absent
    • The Fiqh of Priorities
      • The Fiqh of Priorities in the Prophet's Surat (biography)
      • The Interrelationship Between the fiqh of Priorities and the fiqh of Balances
      • The Necessity of Observing Proportions Among Sharia Taklifs [Legal Commands or Mandates]
      • The Neglect of the fiqh of Priorities Among many Muslims
      • Imam Al-Ghazali and the fiqh of Priorities
      • Imam Ibn Al-Qayyom's Judgment on Preferred Worships
• Chapter 2: The Islamic Movement In The Field Of Propaganda And Public Knowledge
  • The Islamic Movement In The Field Of Propaganda Horizontal Expansion
  • The Movement And The Cultured Elite
    • The Misunderstanding of Islam by Many of The Cultured
    • How Should the Islamic Awakening Deal with the Cultured?
  • The Islamic Movement And The Masses
    • Telling of the Truth, Not Anesthetizing With Dreams
    • Correction of Wrong Concepts
  • The Islamic Movement And The Working Classes
  • The Islamic Movement and Businessmen and Financiers
  • The Islamic Movement And Women Activity
    • The deficiency of Islamic Work in Women's Circles
    • When Will Women's Islamic Work Succeed?
    • The Spread of Hardline Ideas in This Field
    • The Problem of Islamic Work in Women's Activity
    • A Potential Objection and Its Rebuttal
• Chapter 3: The Islamic Movement In The Field Of Education And Religious Training
  • Belief­based Education is the Foundation
    • The Necessity of a Measure of Proper Sufi education
    • Four Points of Focus
    • Focusing on Seeking Right in Addition to Pure Intention
  • The importance of ideological education of future leaders
    • Preparing Leaderships for the Future
    • A special Institute for Preparing Leaderships
  • Features of The Ideology Needed
    • A Scientific Ideology
      • Characteristics of the Scientific Spirit We Need
      • Some Practices that Run Against Scientific Ideology
    • A Realistic Ideology
      • Balancing ambitions with Capabilities
      • Burying Old Problems
      • A Debate that We do not Need Today
    • A Traditionalist Ideology
      • Fundamentals of the True Traditionalist Methodology
      • The Wronging of "Traditionalism" by Both Proponents and Opponents
      • Adopting the Methodology of Early Muslims, Not Just Their Judgments
    • A Revivalistic Ideology
      • Revivalism is not Opposed to Traditionalism
      • Islam Approves of Revivalism
      • The Necessity of Renewal in Means
      • Hassan Al­Banna was not stiff
      • Stiffness is a Serious Disease
      • What I Fear for the Islamic Movement
    • A Balanced Ideology
      • The Balanced Ideology's Attitude Towards Major Issues
      • The Decline of the Balanced Attitude Among Some Islamists at Some Times
      • Balancedness Goes Hand in Hand With Facilitation
      • The Movement Should Adopt a Line of Facilitation
    • A Futuristic Ideology
      • The Holy Quran and the Future
      • The Prophet and the Future
• Chapter 4: The Islamic Movement At Political And World levels
  • Towards A Rational Political Fiqh
    • Adverse Ideological Phenomena
    • A Deficiency That Should Be Addressed in Political fiqh
    • An Important Dialogue on Political fiqh
    • The Wrong Employment of the Prophet's Sirat for Absolute Inference of Judgements
  • The Movement and the Liberation of Muslim Territories
  • The Movement And Liberation Movements
  • The Movement And Muslim Minorities
    • Important Facts About Muslim Minorities
    • What Do These Minorities Need Most?
    • A Nation Without a Leadership [Neither a Caliph nor a Pope]
    • The Movement's Mission In This Regard
  • The Movement And Expatriates
    • Why The Interest In Expatriates?
    • The Necessity Of Islamic Presence In The West
    • A Conservatism Without Isolation, And An Openness without Melting
    • The Five Duties Of The Muslim Expatriates
    • Warning Against Two Things
  • The Movement And Political Freedom And Democracy
  • The Islamic Movement And Ethnic And Religious Minorities
    • The Problem of Ethnic Minorities is Solved in Islam
    • How to Solve the Problem of Religious Minorities?
  • The Movement And Dialogue With Others
    • The Dialogue With Rational Secularists
    • The Dialogue With Rational Rulers
    • The Dialogue With Rational Westerners
      • The Religious (Islamic­Christian) Dialogue
      • The Intellectual Dialogue (With Orientalists)
      • The Political Dialogue With the West
  • The Islamic Movement And The Official Religious Institution
  • The Movement And The Islamic Awakening's Groups
• Conclusion
  • The Necessity Of Full­Time Work On The Movement's Duties By Competent Individuals
  • The Qualification of Specialists
  • A Center for Information and Research
• ANNEXES Fatwas Passed By Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymia
  • The Permissibility Of Assuming Public Office In' An Unjust State, If The Occupant Would Allviate Some Of The Injustice Or Curb Evil And Corruption
  • The Conflict Of Good And Bad Things (In One Situation)
• GLOSSARY