The Attitude of Al-Mufti Al-Sayed Mohammed Habeeb Al-Obydee from Political Developments in Ottoman State 1908-1918

Abstract

paper handles the life of Mr. Mohammed Habeeb Al-Obydee (1879-1963) the Mufti of religious places at Mosul and this life was full of intellectual innovations existed in his books and reflected his style in writing in the fields of religion, history, poetry and politics. In addition, this paper deals with the attitudes of events happened in the Ottoman State like the Ottoman takeover, the Unionists and the role of European states in declaring wars against the Ottoman state in order to make it weak.Therefore, Al-Obydee was one of those who stood against the plans of Europe which tried to destroy the Ottoman state and Islamic caliphate in order to keep Muslims under the west's control. The paper spotlight on Al-Obydee's character being one of the pioneers of the intellectual renaissance and a state which has a great effect and how Al-Obydee has got attitudes especially during the final periods of the Ottoman state through his books which he had written. The paper begins with an introductory on the life of Al-Obydee and his activities and then three themes, the first speaks about Al-Obydee's attitude from event taken place in the Ottoman state and his vision about the Islamic caliphat. The second is the Call made by Al-Obydee to keep the caliphate and to Support the Ottoman state As for the third theme, it deals with the wars of the Ottomans like the war of Trapoli, Balkan and World War I. Finaaly, the closing included conclusions of the paper