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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... translated into Turkish during the 1700s , and fully translated in 1863. Outside of Islam , the Europeans , who were becoming imperialisti- cally involved , discovered a kindred mind in Ibn Khaldun . During the 1800s , there appeared ...
... translations , textbooks , a newspaper , and a journal ; launched an encyclopedia project ; and opened a secondary ... translated some twenty French works on history , geography , and military science and directed the translation of ...
... translated by Hamdi Algar ( Berkeley : Mizan Press , 1981 : 75 ) . 4. English translations vary . This incident is related in hadith 1509 of Bukhari's collection . The full English text is available from http : //www.sunnipath . com ...
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Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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