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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... adopted such terms of identity if they had actively con- tributed to the formation of their own states ? Amman is situated near- but not in the Jordan Valley . Mosul is far from the alluvial plain of southern Mesopotamia ( Arabic al ...
... adopted a constitution in 1909. The successor Pahlavi regime enacted further reforms similar to those of Turkey , styling itself the heir of the Achaemenid rulers of antiquity . The first Pahlavi Shah even changed the name of the ...
... adopted only at a later stage by the promulgation of the 1869 law on Ottoman nationality.115 Adoption of the Ottoman nationality is confirmed in Article 7 of the 1876 Constitution : All subjects of the Empire are called Ottomans ...
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Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
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