Islamophobia

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 islamism

The political statement follows the trends of endless regression in state-led Islamism. Under Islamism, political Islam is an inclusive model in that it becomes an instrument of military and economic control. For many existing powers-that-be, the main threat to their system in tandem with their extremist allies is a counter-revolution that can awaken their public to a liberal future. Today, there are very few independent institutions and only fragile segments of an imperialistic political regime that would not become "liberated" by Islamism in the process of dismantling this system. The other major Islamist sect in Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has caused tremendous upheaval and even started to be referred to as an independent political entity due to the impact of radicalization that has resulted in the rise of a new leadership, weakening of the traditional government, and then toppling the political institution through protests. Is this the foreshadowing of what may happen in Saudi Arabia? It is also likely, or rather is already becoming possible.

Historical parallel between Saudi Arabia and Iran

There is a historically parallel between Saudi Arabia and Iran in how they tried to undermine each other. The Islamic Republic of Iran has always openly opposed the Islamic Republic of Saudi Arabia, with the latter in turn conspiring against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Today, Iran, with its electoral politics and its paramilitary forces (like the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), faces an imminent Islamic Republic of Saudi Arabia. In his article "Saudi Arabia’s Domestic Invasion of Iran’s Foreign Policy [Disinformation], [Al-Yaztani], [Syed] Abbas, [Cirauman] [ghazijan], [Mohammad Rabati], and [Mahmoud Alsamiri] discuss the notion of "domestic invasion" whereby Saudi Arabia has entered Iran’s internal sphere of politics. In essence, Saudi Arabia has invaded Iran militarily on its territory and has also invaded its Islamic movement, where Saudi Arabia is committed to fighting ISIS. These processes are described as the resurgence of Islamic nationalism which happens as a consequence of the interventions of Saudi Arabia. These interventions are tantamount to strengthening ideological components of the Iran-linked armed insurgents, a term used to refer to the ongoing Afghan war or the trade of a number of Islamist groups under the umbrella term "Jihadists." These wars can be thought of as a backlash against the atrocities against the Islamic Republic of Iran by Saudi Arabia. Yet, like the manifestations of Iran’s externalism, the strategy of Saudi Arabia can be thought of as a scheme to push the Islamic Republic of Iran towards internalism and reverse its shift in demographic and economic significance. Therefore, Saudi Arabia’s internal expansionism towards the internal expansion of Iran is highly, highly dangerous.

Islamic Republic

Towards the end of the Iranian revolution of 1978, the Islamic Republic of Iran started to make some strong attempts to curb this advancement. The appearance of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a military and ideological state was met with a sizable and militant military opposition. The Islamic Republic of Iran would lose a number of its traditional allies within Iran and result in a potentially very fatal outcome as the society within the Islamic Republic of Iran would ultimately collapse. Similarly, the advent of Saudi Arabia as a religious and military state is also perceived as an extremely dangerous and potentially negative consequence of the present Iranian efforts of domination.