comparative study of political thought of rashid rida and ali abdel raziq

political thought of muslim in the middle of abolition of the ottoman caliphate, as a symbol of islamic world, followed with two reactions. a group, under rashid rida as thinker of the group, was thinking of caliphate to its real origin. the other group, under ali abdel raziq, was come to being with his prominent book entitled “islam and foundations of governance”, thinking that caliphate is historic and considered it as a worn-out and dilapidated system. the attitude of these groups was tantamount to showing reaction to the critical environment of the islamic community with transient state. the origin of this conflict returns to the issue of relationship between reasons and religion in modern era. moreover, position of the duo in the though of muslims is the other main basis of this conflict. responding to this issue can be observed in considering “reason” along with religion as practiced by rashid rida and also considering it as an independent source in religion belonged to abdel raziq.