Political Islam

by Ayubi,Nazih

• ISBN13: 9780415103855
• ISBN10: 0415103851
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1993-12-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Now in paper,Political Islamexamines the Islamic movements of six countries and traces both the intellectual sources and the socio-economic bases of political Islam. Nazih Ayubi argues that Islamic fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon dating back only to the inter-war period. He stresses the traditional concern in Islam for the collective enforcement of morals, but argues against the commonly held misconception that politics in the Arab world springs from theological principles. Ayubi suggests that radical Muslims have subjected politics to their specific religious views, and draws on the thinking of contemporary Muslim liberals in a discussion of possible intellectual responses to fundamentalism.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Theory and Practice of the Islamic State

The Politics of Sex and the Family: or the"Collectivity" of Islamic Morality

The Variety of Modern Islam: Intellectual Expressions and Political Roles

The Islamic Movements: Some Country Studies, Part I

The Islamic Movements: Some Country Studies, Part II

Political Islam: Intellectual Sources

Political Islam: Socio-Economic Ideas

Islamic Banks, Companies and Sevices: or the Rise of a Native Commercial Bourgeoisie

The Islamic L

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