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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... Empire . But the notion of Ottoman nationality , as criterion for membership in the Ottoman state , was officially adopted only at a later stage by the promulgation of the 1869 law on Ottoman nationality.115 Adoption of the Ottoman ...
... Empire . But when after the First World War France and Britain came to assume direct responsibility in the Arab provinces of the defunct Empire , although they provided them in most instances with modern constitutions and parliamentary ...
... Empire . Following World War I , the geostrategic focus of the Western world shifted eastward toward the petroleum - rich lands . That shift was reflected in the newer term " Middle East , " which excluded the Balkans but took in the ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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