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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... Paris on official duty . On his return to Tunis , he became Minister of Marine and leader of a constitutionalist movement that sought to limit the prerogatives of the Bey and his court . A constitution for the beylik was in fact ...
... Paris , where they launched the periodical al - ' Urwa al - Wuthqâ ( the Firmest Bond ) in 1884. That journal was their means of criticizing the Great Powers ' , and particularly Britain's , policy regarding the Muslim world , as well ...
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Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
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