05421oam 2200733I 450 991081110520332120240314015305.01-135-92468-60-415-66217-60-203-38555-11-135-92461-910.4324/9780203385555 (CKB)2550000001103180(EBL)1318937(OCoLC)854521007(SSID)ssj0000950752(PQKBManifestationID)12387353(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950752(PQKBWorkID)10879808(PQKB)10096831(MiAaPQ)EBC1318937(Au-PeEL)EBL1318937(CaPaEBR)ebr10736635(CaONFJC)MIL505686(OCoLC)853455177(FINmELB)ELB133460(EXLCZ)99255000000110318020180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Shari'a state Arab Spring and democratization /Bassam Tibi1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (257 p.)Includes index.0-415-66216-8 1-299-74435-4 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 of the Islamist shari'atization of politics that seeks a nameTerms, confusions and the trajectory of the argumentThe facts: traditional shari'a is not about governance!; The prevailing narrative: the distorted understanding of Islamism in 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 state2. 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 lawA plea for a reformed Islamic shari'a law in the pursuit of a universal cosmopolitan lawConclusions: shari'atized Islam is not a democratic constitutionalism; 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 orderIs 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'Conclusions: which world order? The Westphalian synthesis, Pax Americana and political Islam in competition. The need for a democratic world peace<P>Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, <I>The Sharia State</I> 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.</P><P>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 dictatoIslam and stateArab countriesArab Spring, 2010-Islamic lawPolitical aspectsDemocracyArab countriesIslam and stateArab Spring, 2010-Islamic lawPolitical aspects.Democracy320.55/709174927Tibi Bassam.244766MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811105203321The Shari'a state4020812UNINA