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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... Islamic world as we have does not , however , resolve all questions regarding the term Islamic . We speak of an Islamic world in the present time , but can we still speak of an Islamic civilization ? The latter term clearly had ...
... Islamic civilization . Another contrast concerns use of the term state . Islamic state is currently used ; Western state is not ( except as it applies , albeit in a different sense , to one of the United States ) . In one sense , state ...
... Islamic side of the civilizational frontier . They seemingly did inspire one ... civilization . The writ- ing of Ibn Khaldun is as illustrative as that of ... Islamic dominion . That effort entailed a novel approach for the indige- nous ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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