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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... movement that sought to limit the prerogatives of the Bey and his court . A constitution for the beylik was in fact promulgated in 1860 , but it was suspended in 1864 because of various problems . At that point , Khayr al - Din withdrew ...
... movement is discussed in Chapter 5 . 9. A. K. S. Lambton , State and Government in Medieval Islam : An Introduction to the Study of Islamic Political Theory ( Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , 1981 : xv ) . 10. H. A. R. Gibb ...
... movement in Europe that started as an effort to stop certain malpractices within the Catholic Church and culminated in the fragmentation of Western Christendom . The Reformation began with Martin Luther's protest in 1517 and ended with ...
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Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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