A Study Of The Forerunner Of Modern Islamic Renaissance Movement

Religion reform Movement initiated by wahab sheikh is called the forerunner of Modern Islamic Renaissance movement. Wahab's thoughts has been regarded as the origin of religions and infiltrate every fields of Saudi Arabia as spirit backbone and agglomerated forces. A study on Wahab's thoughts help to understand deeply Modern Islamic Renaissance movement in china and other countries and understand official ideology and civilian religionary mind, which can promote the relations between china and Saudi Arabia. The thesis has its academic value and practical.In the beginning of the 1900s, according to abruption of Arab peninsula and chaos of religion and ideology, Wahab who is religious scholar in Neizhi allied Saudi to launch the religion reform Movement. Wahab reiterated thoughts of "Tao He De" and emphasized Anal uniquely and absolute. Wahab objected to explore the attribute of Anla and the chiefly task of Muslim scholar is to instruct social life of Muslim by Islam and not to explore the attribute of Anla. He appeal to reopen the created door of Islamic Law and try to prevent the Islamic ruin by adjusting Islam and seek to renew the energy of Islam society by breaching Islamic religion and culture. He criticized the mysticism of sufi and insisted on the principle of admonishing and kick the habit. He claimed to maintain Islamic purity with practical action. Wahab's thought impact Saudi society deeply. The theory of unite between politics and religions that put forward by Wahab is the base of the relations between politics and religions in Saudi. Monotheism is the spirit mainstay of kingdom and "admonishing and kick the habit" is the tool that consolidates kingdom, inventing law is the mechanism harmonizing the relations of modernization and Islam.