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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... stories remain intact , nonetheless . In the east , the situation is dif- ferent . Pakistan is at odds with India , the ... story of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna has particular significance . In Anatolia , the ghazi ethos developed from a ...
... story of Husayn Fahmideh , " the Mobilized Teenager " who sacrificed him- self during the Iran - Iraq War , is also prominent . In the laudatory words of Ayatollah Khomeini , " Our leader is that boy of thirteen years who took a grenade ...
... Story of the Arab Nationalist Move- ment , London , 1938 ; Hourani , Albert , op . cit . , chs . VIII and IX ; and Lewis , Bernard , op . cit . , chs . VI and VIII . 122 See Davison , Roderic H. , op cit . , pp . 101-2 . It is ...
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Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
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