نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
Transformations over the past half-century in West Asia and the normalization process under the rubric of the "Abraham Accords" underscore the imperative of deciphering this phenomenon from a civilizational perspective; for this process constitutes a covert mechanism for expanding Western colonialism and neutralizing the civilizational role of the Islamic world. The central problem of the research lies in the apparent contradiction between the secular essence of the Zionist regime and its claim to a Jewish identity. Aiming to untangle this theoretical knot, this article addresses the question of how the normalization of relations by this regime, viewed through the lens of Western secularism within the historical evolution of divine religions, leads to the expansion of secularism in the region. The theoretical framework relies on the logic of religious abrogation and re-conceptualizing modern secularism; drawing upon Eric Voegelin’s theory of the "re-divinization of the immanent sphere" alongside the insights of Karl Schmitt and Karl Marx, secularism is formulated not as the absolute negation of religion, but as a substrate for the perpetuation of distorted and abrogated religious forms under the guise of a "secular religion." Employing a documentary research method with a descriptive-analytical approach, the findings section first examines the justification and modality of this regime's presence in the twentieth century, and subsequently analyzes its colonial ramifications across two distinct periods: "from Camp David to the 2020 Abraham Accords" and "from 2020 to the present." Ultimately, the findings demonstrate that the normalization project serves as a strategic instrument to extend the secularization of the Islamic world, resurrecting Western civilizational colonialism by cloaking itself in ostensibly religious concepts.
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