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1090872
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bc1010479
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English
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Tibi, Bassam.
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The Sharia State : : Arab Spring and Democratization.
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Hoboken :: Taylor and Francis,, 2013.
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1 online resource (257 pages)
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9781135924614
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: 1135924619
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Conclusions: which world order? The Westphalian synthesis, Pax Americana and political Islam in competition. The need for a democratic world peace.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Will the shari'a state be the outcome?The Arab Spring and the hope for democratization; Beyond obsessions and Western wishful thinking; What do Islamists want? Epistemology employed in the search for an answer; About this book; Major themes and core assumptions; Structure and outline; Intended readership and overview of the field; And finally ... ; 1. The shari'a state and Western scholarship: the reality ofthe Islamist shari'atization of politics that seeks a name.
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Terms, confusions and the trajectory of the argumentThe facts: traditional shari'a is not about governance!; The prevailing narrative: the distorted understanding of Islamismin US Islamic studies; Misconceptions regarding the return of the sacred to politics; Confusion among scholars: a representative debate; Islam, Islamism and violence: the need for a realistic understanding; Islamism's core issue: the shari'a state; Conclusions: the need for an Islamic enlightenment against the obstacles impeding a critique of the shari'a state.
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2. The shari'a state is not the faith of Islam: shari'a and politicsShari'a between faith and political abuse: the confusion between shari'a and fiqh; The invention of shari'a as a constitution for the Islamic state; The return of the sacred as an Islamist shari'a; Why is the return of shari'a law to politics a challenge?; Shari'a law and democratic rights; The hypothesis of shari'atization of Islam as an obstacle to democratization; Universality of law: the tensions between the shari'atization of Islam and constitutionalism in international law.
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A plea for a reformed Islamic shari'a law in the pursuit of a universal cosmopolitan lawConclusions: shari'atized Islam is not a democraticconstitutionalism; 3. The challenge of the Islamist shari'a state to international order:torn between the Westphalian synthesis, Pax Americana and Pax Islamica; Enlightened Muslim thought in an 'enlightened turn' on religion and political order; Great confusions of Islamic orders: the caliphate, pan-Islamism, and Islamist internationalism in the context of a new world order.
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Is the order of a din-wa-dawla Islamocracy an Islamic democracy compatible with democratic world peace?An outline of the major issues: religious faith and religionized politics; Is institutional Islamism a moderation? Or is it a variant of religious fundamentalism?; The world view and ideology of Islamism: origins; The Islamicate: torn between incorporation into the Westphalian synthesis and the vision of a Pax Islamica; Bottom line: the Westphalian synthesis is not Pax Americana; Islamism and the Western triumphalism of 'the end of history'
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Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, The Sharia State examines the Islamist concept of political order. This order is based on a new interpretation of sharia and has been dubbed ""the Islamic state"" by Islamists. The concept of ""the Islamic state, "" has been elevated to a political agenda and it is this agenda that is examined here. In contrast to the prevailing view which sees the Arab Spring as a revolution, this book argues that the phenomenon has been neither a Spring, nor a revolution. The term 'Arab Spring, ' connotes a just rebellion that led to toppling dictato.
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Islam and state-- Arab countries.
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Arab Spring, 2010-
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Islamic law-- Political aspects.
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Democracy-- Arab countries.
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Democracy-- Arab countries.
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Islam and state-- Arab countries.
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Islamic law-- Political aspects.
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Islam et État-- États arabes.
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Printemps arabe, 2010-2011.
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Droit islamique-- Aspect politique.
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Democracy.
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Islam and state.
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Arab countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.55709174927
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BP173.6 .T53 2013
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