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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... Egypt , the British terminated their protectorate in 1922 , and the Khedive's regime adopted a constitu- tion the following year . By then , the dialogue over modernization and reform in Egypt had been going on for nearly a century ...
... Egypt , North Africa , the Maghrib , and Spain to the west , and upper Mesopotamia , the Iranian lands , Central Asia , and Sindh to the north and east . As for Sa'd , he repre- sents Allah's victory over the Persians , as Khalid does ...
... Egypt and Tunisia.117 In its promotion of Ottoman patriotism , Osmanlilik officially recognised the territorial factor as constitutive of common identity . It came however at a time when other expressions of territorial patriotisms were ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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