Abstract

Religion, particularly the historical interpretations shaped by the cultural and intellectual contexts of their eras, serves as the overarching framework for all fundamentalist and extremist religious movements and individuals. Drawing on these interpretations, both movements and individuals base their perceptions of contemporary political reality on a superficial reading of religion, leading to direct and unconscious projections that fail to account for historical changes and the complexities of reality. These movements often blur the distinction between religious and historical elements, as well as between religious texts themselves and the interpretations that are subject to the historical and cultural conditions of the interpreters. This highlights the importance of deconstructing the ideological reference points of these movements, beginning with a philosophical analysis of the intricate relationship between religion and politics. This is precisely the objective of many philosophical projects within contemporary Arab thought. In this paper, we will examine one of the most prominent examples of these projects, namely the work of Moroccan thinker and philosopher Mohammed Abed al-Jabri.