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Pdf 522.98 K Journal of Humanities Insights 2(2): 114-117, 2018 Research Paper Impediments of Political Development and International threats in Yemen Ahmad Zaidon 1, Iman Jafarian Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Aden University, Yemen Department of Political Science, University of Hormozgan, Iran Received: 02 April 2018 Accepted: 12 May 2018 Published: 01 June 2018 Abstract At present, the concept of democracy has turned into a universally popular notion. The nature of participation through political behavior has become meaningful as has happened to the approach to urban life and its values as well as the desirable democracy. Political participation is considered to be one of the foundations of democracy and ground for political growth. It is to be noted that political participation determines the fate of nations. This survey seeks to investigate the grounds for the barriers of the success of political development in Yemen. Moreover, it would be highly helpful in dealing with national and international threats to understand the effective factors in decision-making, namely religious, social and political gaps in Yemen. The article aims at looking into and elucidating the grounds upon which the prevention of political development in Yemen which has occurred for a long time, might be explained. Keywords: Yemen; Political Developments; Islamic Radicalism; Democracy How to cite the article: A. Zaidon, I. Jafarian, Impediments of Political Development and International threats in Yemen, J. Hum. Ins. 2018; 2(2): 114-117, DOI: 10.22034/jhi.2018.70838 ©2018 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC By license 2. Religious Gaps 1. Introduction The population of Yemen is highly diverse in its Seemingly, the Arab nations have, for a long time, religious distribution, including Jews, Christians, regarded the politics as a short-sighted matter. and their respective sects. Furthermore, there are The principal question in this respect concerns the many Islamic sects, the most important kinds of reasons for the failure to achieve political them are as follows: Shiite sect, including Zaidiyyah, development and its impediments in Yemen. Ismailia, Asna Ashri and Hanbali, Shafi‘i, Salafi, This research is based on the hypothesis that since Hanafi, among the Sunnis [2]. a popular government has not yet been established In this research, two main sects of Yemeni Muslims, in Yemen, there is a determinate barrier to Shafi‘i and Zaidiyyah, would be examined. achieving political development. It does not seek to recognize the political 2.1 Shafi‘I and their beliefs development as a maximal ideal system governing Shafi‘i refers to the followers of Abū ʿAbdullāh all aspects of life. However, it is to be regarded as a Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī. He was a moderate type of existing political systems and a sort of cleric and expert. His beliefs were a combination of governance. In this form, political authority is the Iraqi and Hijazi schools of jurisprudence. mainly based on a political and legitimate ground There is a slight difference in faith between Shafi‘i which as a result, arises from a highly credited sect and other three sects of Sunni Islam whose political election through which the votes and integrity is based on three pre-conditions, including satisfaction of citizens are supposed to be the tongue confesses, to accept your sins with your determinative [1]. heart and to perform the pillars. Respecting these 1 Corresponding author email: [email protected] 114 | J. Hum. Ins. 2018; 2 ( 2 ) : 114- 117 conditions increases obedience and elimination of 2.2.2 Sulaymaniyya the sin [3]. Sulayman ibn Jarir founded this sect whose beliefs Their beliefs can be listed as follows: are as followed: While Imam Ali considered the best companion of 1) To believe in the eternity of God, given all his the prophet, the other companions were not sinful features, and not to resemble God to other for choosing Abu Bakr for Caliphate. This mistake creatures. was due to the respect for Ijtihad not a sort of sin. 2) To believe that Quran is not made by humans but They only deduced something new about the person created by God and to believe in heaven and hell supposed to be the legitimate successor of the and to believe in the grave punishment and to prophet. Avoiding the thoughts of Uthman was believe that Nakir and Monkar, two angels would required as he prepared the grounds for political question everyone. domination of Umayyads. Those who opposed 3) To believe in the intercession of the prophet and Imam Ali and fought against him are deviant. No one his ascent to ascension. may be exempted. Imam is not needed to be a 4) To believe in the fact that humans shall be descendant of Fatima. It is enough that he has responsible for their deeds. justice, courage, and capability of fighting and 5) To believe in the legitimacy of the Rashidun rebelling with a sword. Caliphate (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali) and not to consider the event of Ghadir Khumm. 6) To believe in Hadith and to oppose the theology 2.2.3 Salihiyya [4]. Hasan ibn Salih founded this sect. Its beliefs are as follows: Imam Ali is considered to be the best companion of 2.2 Zaidiyyah and their beliefs the prophet. He has priority over other companions The establishment of this sect which is one of the for pontificate [6]. main sects of Shia may be traced back to the early 8th century AD. 3. Social Gap It was first created by two groups of Shia Muslims from Kufa, namely Jaroudiah and Batriyya [5]. Yemen is structured simply, while it is complicated This sect had constantly been rebelling against the in other structures. As a simply-structured country, oppression and cruelty of the central governments, the dominant cultural sphere in this country is laid and they had always attempted to challenge its down in tribalism and tribal living styles. On the authority and control through rebellions. Zaidiyyah other hand, while it seems to be structured simply, has persistently been active in the northern portion it has confronted with major gaps which have made of Iran and plains and Yemen throughout its it difficult for rulers to make stable governance over existence. Moreover, its followers were divided into this country. These features have made it a two sub-sections. Their main beliefs are categorized complicated-structured country. as follows: Throughout history, Yemen has been divided into two main parts, the northern and southern parts. 1) Rebelling against cruel and ruthless The northern part is impassable and full of governments in all situations is mandatory. mountains, while the southern part is smooth. The 2) It is not necessary for Imam to be aware of northern part had been known as a quite stable prescient. region and a different part of the country when 3) There is no need for chastity as a requirement of Imam Zaydi formed Zaidiyyah sect in 818 AD. In the pontificate [6]. contrast, the southern part of the country had been under the influence of different civilizations, Zaidiyyah consists of three principal sects: cultures, and empires. The governments had always endeavored to 2.2.1 Jaroudiah dominate over this region, because of its vicinity to Abul Jaroud Ziyad ibn Mansur founded this sect. He the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, having a view of is also known as Shorobiyah. The beliefs of this sect Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. Throughout history, Romans, are as follows: Ayyubids and then Great Britain ruled over the The prophet Muhammad never stipulated the name southern region of Yemen, in particular, the port of of Imam Ali, Imam Hassan, and Imam Hussein to be Aden [5]. After the commencement of Cold War, his successors and prescribed their Imamate only as Yemen was divided into two separate States, a sort of description which means that the position namely Northern Yemen and Southern Yemen, the of Imamate is only confined to the family of Fatima first one was an ally of the Soviet Union and the Zahra and would not be out of it. Imam Ali is the second one allied with the West. Both of them truest example of a Muslim after the prophet. Also, experienced revolutions in the 1960s. In Northern we must also admit the Caliphate of Abu Bakr, Umar, Yemen, the Republicans who opposed to the and Uthman [7]. Imamate system came to power through a coup in 1962 and formed the Yemen Arab Republic. J. Hum. Ins. 2018; 2 ( 2 ) : 114- 117 |115 After 130 years of British dominance over the port the Saada region under the direction of al-Houthi. of Aden, Southern Yemen attained independence in Later, the mediation by Qatar and signing a truce 1967 after a successful revolutionary movement. agreement brought an end to this war. Subsequently, the People’s Democratic Republic of The expansion of Houthis’ territory and the Yemen was established. possibility of their dominance over Bani Hashish Northern Yemen was under the profound influence area resulted in the commencement of the 5th phase of religious separations and tribal society, including of the war in May 2008, which ended two months two main tribal federations namely Hashid and later after the president of Yemen issued a Bakil. On the contrary, Southern Yemen enjoyed a declaration in the 30th anniversary of his coming to secular political regime, respecting human rights power. and women’s rights [6]. The 6th war commenced in 2009. On 3rd March the Saudi Arabian forces intervened on the southern 4. Political Gaps border in the ongoing conflict. Subsequently, it Islamism in Yemen can be divided into five distinct escalated into a widespread conflict which parties as follows: eventually ended in February 2010 [11].
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