خلاصة:
The violent and aggressive advent of a group known as Da’esh، who has the claim of caliphate in Islamic world، was a huge shock to everyone. Due to violent approach and perspective of Da’esh، this question comes to the one’s mind that whether the advent of this movement is the Muslim world innate or was constructed by great powers with the aim of drawing negative image of Islam? This study hypothesized that Da’esh has no relation with Islamic world but attributes the origin of caliphate to Islam. Unfortunately، improper functioning of political rulers and the people’s dissatisfaction from the current conditions in Arabic countries، which have caused the political abuse by regional and international powers، reinforced its appearance. In the present study to explain the hypothesis، the researcher used the semiotics theory. Then، by reviewing the history، he dealt with the hidden caliphate in Sunni Islam. In the process of expressing the ways of Da’esh formation، the researcher compared the signs of Da’esh caliphate with two previous periods of caliphate and identified the Da’esh symbolic، fundamental، and structural similarity with the earlier caliphates. The findings of this study showed that Da’esh caliphatism originated from disorders and mismanagement of the political leaders of Sunni Islamic world. The lasting and impressive symbols of the previous caliphate helped them to recruit power and dominate the entire Islamic world with reliance on them.
ملخص الجهاز:
Semiotics of the Third Wave of Caliphate-seeking: Origins and Consequences Faramarz Mirzazadeh 1 Assistant Professor and Faculty Member of the Political Science Department, Islamic Azad University, Ilam Branch Received Date: 2015/04/07 Acceptance Date: 2015/06/14 Abstract The sudden and violent emergence of the group known as ISIS, which claimed the caliphate of the Islamic world, sent a massive shock to everyone.
The hypothesis of the present article is that ISIS has no connection to real Islam, but it considers the origin of the formation of the caliphate to be hidden within the Islamic world: the improper functioning of political rulers and the people's dissatisfaction with the prevailing conditions, which regional and extra-regional powers have exploited politically and strengthened.
Since we believe that semiotics, as stated by Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, is "analogizing the absent with the present" (Jabri, 1389: 471) in the direction of identity formation for oneself, we can consider ISIS's attempt to use signs that were prevalent in the two previous waves of the Caliphate, especially the Abbasid Caliphate, as a basis for its identity formation and legitimization.
Therefore, in this research, an effort has been made to decode the signs and symbols that have become prominent and manifest throughout the history of the Caliphate and are a symbol of power and Sunni Muslim identity in the memory and belief of Sunnis, by applying them to the semiotics and codes used by ISIS.
Thus, another consequence of ISIS's caliphate-seeking is the attempt to dominate the entire Islamic world; even Muslim countries that are currently thinking about strengthening ISIS.
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