The quality of belonging to Islamism in political forces loyal to it: A study of the evolution of religiosity among political agents in the city of Ahvaz in the last four decades

Malek Khodaie, Hosein; Mohaddesi Ghilevaaeii, Hassan; Tajeddin, Mohammad Bagher

doi:10.30465/scs.2025.48271.2842

The quality of belonging to Islamism in political forces loyal to it: A study of the evolution of religiosity among political agents in the city of Ahvaz in the last four decades

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Authors

Hosein Malek khodaie ¹

Hassan Mohaddesi Ghilevaaeii ²

Mohammad Bagher Tajeddin ³

¹ PHD student of Central Tehran Azad University, tehran,iran

² Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication and Media, Central Tehran Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor , Faculty Member, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication and Media, Central Tehran Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

10.30465/scs.2025.48271.2842

Abstract

This research has studied the evolution of religiosity in the consequent dimension between two major political currents, reformist and fundamentalist in Ahvaz city. In this study, the evolution of religiosity has been examined in terms of the desanctification of religious figures, limited expectations from the divine book, hijab as a social matter, and commanding good and forbidding evil. The results showed that the evolution of religiosity in two major political currents is different, in the reformist current in the dimensions studied, i.e. desanctification of religious figures, limited expectations from the holy book, hijab as a social matter and commanding the good and forbidding It is denied that a tremendous transformation has taken place, but this transformation can be seen with a gentle slope in the fundamentalist current. On the other hand, the interviewee's reaction to the functioning of the ruling political system was based on a strict view and behavior towards religion in the above issues. This research was carried out in the summer of 1400, which is indicative of the changes that took place in the social and political arena and religious attitudes at the end of the summer of 1401.

Keywords

religiosity developments

reformist political

fundamentalist political

trend

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