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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Understanding the Islamic Crisis John W. Jandora. education , which included study of the Qur'an , hadith ( corpus of tradi- tions , that is , nonrevelatory sayings and deeds of the Prophet ) , figh ( jurisprudence ) , and Arabic grammar ...
... included classification of the " sciences . " First were the tradi- tional ( what we would call Islamic , or revelation - related ) sciences , to which " there can be no further increases . " The unstated reason is that dogma bans any ...
... included the Russian exploitation of the Balkan uprisings in 1877 , the Austrian occupation of Bosnia in 1878 , the French occupation of Tunis in 1881 , and the British occupation of Egypt in 1882 . Among those who advocated a uniquely ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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