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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... reflected in the attention to customs and habits and the detailed surveys of arts , crafts , and commerce . Regarding cyclic change , both works posit four- phase patterns . In the Cronica , success leads to pride , pride leads to sin ...
... reflected in the dilemma over bid'a - defined as " innovation , a belief or practice for which there is no precedent in the time of the prophet . . . . The objection to bid'a has led some Muslims in more recent times to denounce the use ...
... aside , the significant point is that their collective thoughts reflected key movements of the Western world of the early nineteenth century : ( 1 ) the Industrial Revolution and its Modernization and Authenticity : Critique of Endeavors ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
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