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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... organization in 1930 and led it in anti - British and anti - Zionist activity until he was killed by British police in 1935. ' Abd al - Qadir al - Husayni ( Husseini ) was a member of the prominent Husayni clan of Jerusalem . Amid the ...
... organization as well as its educational philosophy . Such awareness posed dilemmas of modernization for most of the Ottoman ruling elite . Their goal was an increase in state power , not a rad- ical transformation of society . The ...
... organizations of political parties in some Arab countries . Therefore , current usage would have to be modified to dissociate the term from party organization . In any event , the precedent is authentic and serves well as a model for ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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