Yusuf al-Karadavi's understanding of religion and politics

This research revolves around the relationship between religion and politics. Because in Islamic civilization, from the birth of Islam until the middle of the 19th century, there is no intellectual problem in the concept of the relationship between religion and politics. Because the idea of secularism, which expresses the separation of religion from the state, emerged and this idea developed in the Islamic world at the beginning of the twentieth century. In fact, this intellectual problem did not express the concerns of the Islamic reality to which it was conveyed, but the concerns of the western reality from which it was taken. What is unanimous in the perceptions of Islamic thinkers is the recognition that politics is a part of religion and that Islam is a religion and a state, and a system that encompasses all phases of life. From this point of view, Fiqh scholar and Islamic thinker Yusuf al-Karadâvî made all his efforts to defend this controversial issue. Keywords: Religious Politics, Religion and State, al-Qaradawi