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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... practice was considered to be " private business . " It was certainly not the concern of the general public ( al - ' umûm in Arabic ) , which never had the connotation of fellow citizenry as it did in the West . The divergent destinies ...
... practice reveal similar contrast . In the Islamic experience , the mercantile / manufacturing classes depend on authoritative government to employ its military capability to police the domestic and international arenas ; they depend on ...
... practice , this undermined the equality presup- posed by the citizenship status , even though its principle was recognised in the laws and constitutions of these states . Different classes of " citizens , " with different rights , were ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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