Islamic Socialism
Current grounding socialism in Islamic principles such as zakat, the ban on usury and Quranic social justice, combining anti-imperialism with a state-run economy, from Gaddafi's Third Universal Theory to Ali Shariati's thought.
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In one sentence
I want Quranic justice: the land belongs to God, zakat shares the wealth and the state runs the economy against usury and imperialism.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Balanced
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Leaning · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Very strong · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Balanced
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Religion
Leans further toward religious than 95% of the 248 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 56This ideology 5
Of all the axes, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Immigration
On Immigration, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 49This ideology 55
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Muammar Gaddafi
Leader of Libya for over four decades after the 1969 coup, Gaddafi established a "Jamahiriya" of theoretical direct democracy under de facto authoritarian control, nationalized oil, funded pan-Africanist and third-worldist movements, and was deposed and killed during the 2011 civil war.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyJuan Domingo PerónStatesman96%
SociallyRuhollah KhomeiniReligious leader99%
EconomicallyVladimir LeninRevolutionary100%
Other compatible profiles
Political theorySayyid QutbIslamist theorist93%
PoliticsJulius NyerereStatesman92%
PoliticsHugo ChávezStatesman91%
PoliticsCharles de GaulleStatesman and military leader90%
PoliticsNicolás MaduroPresident of Venezuela (2013–2026)89%
PoliticsBenjamin DisraeliStatesman89%
ReligionAbraham Isaac KookChief rabbi and theologian89%
PhilosophyPlatoPhilosopher89%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Gaddafi's Libya
1969–2011Under Muammar Gaddafi (1969–2011), Libya nationalized oil and proclaimed the Jamahiriya's direct democracy. Power remained concentrated in Gaddafi, backed by revolutionary committees and repression of the opposition.
Other close countries
Algeria
Military-backed presidential republicBorn from the war of independence against France, Algeria is an army-dominated republic with Islam as the state religion, a state-run economy dependent on oil and gas, a non-aligned foreign policy and repression of the Hirak movement.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallySenegalSovereigntist presidential republic93%
SociallySri LankaBuddhist-national republic92%
EconomicallyVenezuelaStatist-socialist authoritarianism100%
The most distant
Peronist Argentina
1946–1955Under Perón, Argentina experienced a populist, nationalist regime that united strong working-class support, corporatism, industrialization, and the expansion of social rights, leaving a lasting mark on the country's politics.
Also close, by dimension
- PoliticallyGaddafi's Libya1969–201190%
SociallyKingdom of Israelc. 1047–930 a.C.88%
EconomicallyAllende's Chile1970–197399%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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- Third Position
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- Third Position
Corporatism
Model that organizes society into corporations of workers and employers integrated into the state, seeking harmony between classes and directed economic cooperation instead of conflict or free competition.
Closest in other spectrums
- Radical Left
Patriotic Socialism
Current that joins a state-run socialist economy and a strong party with patriotism, the traditional family, religion as national heritage and rejection of cultural progressivism, seeing identity politics as a liberal distraction from class struggle.
- Right
Buddhist Nationalism
A current fusing ethnic identity and Theravada Buddhist faith, seeing the nation as guardian of the Dharma threatened by minorities, as in Sinhalese nationalism in Sri Lanka and the Ma Ba Tha and 969 monk movements in Myanmar.
- Right
Islamism
Political movement advocating a state governed by sharia and Islamic identity, born with Hassan al-Banna's and Sayyid Qutb's Muslim Brotherhood, combining mass activism, religious social welfare and rejection of Western secularism.
The most distant ideology
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