ABSTRACT
The Islamic ideology represents a revolution in both Islamic thought and action, and is undoubtedly a neologism. Ideology and all its derivatives refer to a set of interrelated conceptions and notions of political commitment and mobilizations that seek to provide an interpretation of the existing relations of power and chart the course of actions’ to alter them. The Islamic ideology was created partly in response to the accusation that Islam itself, being “the opium of the masses” as well as a “false consciousness,” systematized the dominant ideas. The most militant organization to proclaim successfully the institutional legitimacy of the Islamic ideology was the guerrilla movement of the Mujahidiyn-i Khalq organization. Faith and ideology, one sacred and the other secular, are associated with completely separate sets of symbols, which are organized in such a way as to move their constituencies to active obedience.
