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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... specific battles in which the heroes had fought , ( 3 ) narrations of the glorious victories from Islamic history , and ( 4 ) poems urging jehad . " The themes of the texts further pro- mote jihad and martyrdom in the following ways ...
... Specific remedies are injunctions concerning inheritance , mandatory contribution to the poor , prohibition of profiteering , and division of war booty . The sufficiency of wealth is taken for granted . But how can this be , given ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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