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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... Anatolia , Achaemenid Persia , Pharaonic Egypt , and Phoenicia thus became inspirations for new , secular nation- alisms . However , these civilizations were known from artifacts of material culture , the subject matter of archaeology ...
... Anatolia . He became renowned for his quick and compelling military action against the emperor Nicephorus , who had peremptorily abrogated an existing treaty between the caliphate and the empire . Saladin attained exceptional renown as ...
... Anatolia , some of the Caucasus , Mesopotamia , Syria - Palestine , the Red Sea coastal areas ( both sides ) , Egypt , and the North African coastal lands as far as Morocco . ( See map on page xv . ) The eponymous founder of the Ottoman ...
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Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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