Ali Shariati
Contributors to the ideology included Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, who formulated the idea of "Gharbzadegi"—that Western culture must be rejected and fought as was a plague or an intoxication that alienated Muslims from their roots and identity. Ali Shariati influenced many young Iranians with his interpretation of Islam as the one true way of awakening the oppressed and liberating the Third World from colonialism and neo-colonialism.