States Without Citizens: Understanding the Islamic CrisisTerrorist attacks on America and its allies and persistent violence in the Islamic world point to a crisis in Islamic society, which States without Citizens attributes to an unfulfilled quest for an Islamic renaissance. The Islamic states, whose borders were arbitrarily imposed by Western states, are beset by pervasive socioeconomic problems—authoritarian rule, economic inequities, educational shortcomings, development project failures, sexual frustration—that are being exploited by radical Islamists. Native attempts to modernize Islamic society by adopting Western ways have repeatedly foundered because they have sought to replicate the trappings of state power while neglecting their foundation in civic ethics. To mitigate the violence engendered by the Islamic crisis, the author recommends that culturally authentic institutions must be created that will instill a civic ethics of common cause and public service. |
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... first publicized in the world's news media and later in journals and various genres of books in diverse languages . The mujahideen attracted acclaim and moral and materiel support from the Islamic world , which decried the encroachment ...
... first Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies . As an adolescent , Ahmet ( b . 1823 ) had gone with his father to Paris where he attended the Lycée St. Louis . Upon his return to Istanbul , he collaborated with the chief architects of the ...
... First , the aftermath of the First World War , most of the newly formed states which were to succeed the Ottoman Empire were perceived as Western creations - or better , as an outcome of imperialistic designs . This not only generally ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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