The Doctrine of Necessity (Daruriyyat) at the Hands of Political Islamists of Turkey

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey has been using the doctrine of necessity to justify human rights violations since 2002, allowing them to shut down opposing media, schools, and universities and imprison thousands of people. They interpret hardships as obstacles to their absolute power and use the necessity concept to preserve their political power against potential threats. The state and ruler are considered sacred and can resort to unlawful means to protect against infidels, according to the political Islamists.

Format: Hardback
Length: 166 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2021
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc

The Justice and Development Party (AKP), the ruling political Islamists of Turkey since 2002, has been utilizing the doctrine of necessity to justify human rights violations. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, the founder of the AKP, and the leader of the political Islamists, demands unconditional obedience and complete control of the state. Under his leadership, the AKP government has shut down all opposing media, schools, and universities and imprisoned thousands of people based on a manipulation of the necessity doctrine. In the political context, hardships are interpreted as obstacles in the way of the political Islamists holding absolute power in the state. Therefore, they use this necessity concept as a means to preserve their political power against all potential threats after taking full control of the state. According to the political Islamists, minority groups can be sacrificed for the benefit of the majority. Their properties can be usurped, and their lives can be terminated. In moderate Islamic understanding, the state and the ruler are in the service of Muslims, not the other way around. For political Islamists, the state and the ruler (the caliph) are considered so sacred that they need to be protected against all opponents. In order to protect the state against internal and external infidels, the caliph can resort to unlawful means because the necessity doctrine makes the forbidden things permissible.

In this book, the author analyzes the concept of necessity and its exploitation by the political Islamists.

Weight: 328g
Dimension: 225 x 150 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781433186004
Edition number: New ed