Islam and Political Legitimacy.

By: Akbarzadeh, ShahramContributor(s): Saeed, AbdullahMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Richmond : Routledge, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (201 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203503805Subject(s): Islam and politics | Islam and state | Islamic countries -- Politics and government | Religion and politicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Islam and Political LegitimacyDDC classification: 320.5/5/0917671 LOC classification: BP173.7 -- .I837 2003ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Islam and politics -- 2 The official ulema and religious legitimacy of the modern nation state -- 3 Saudi Arabia: re-reading politics and religion in the wake of September 11 -- 4 The politics of reform in the Islamic Republic of Iran -- 5 Pakistan and the struggle for 'real' Islam -- 6 The Islamic dilemma in Uzbekistan -- 7 Failure of the 'welfare state': Islamic resurgence and political legitimacy in Bangladesh -- 8 Islam and political legitimacy in Malaysia -- 9 Divided majority: limits of Indonesian political Islam -- 10 State legitimacy -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Akbarzadeh and Saeed explore one of the most challenging issues facing the Muslim world: the Islamisation of political power. They present a comparative analysis of Muslim societies in West, South, Central and South East Asia and highlight the immediacy of the challenge for the political leadership in those societies. Islam and Political Legitimacy contends that the growing reliance on Islamic symbolism across the Muslim world, even in states that have had a strained relationship with Islam, has contributed to the evolution of Islam as a social and cultural factor to an entrenched political force. The geographic breadth of this book offers readers a nuanced appraisal of political Islam that transcends parochial eccentricities. Contributors to this volume examine the evolving relationship between Islam and political power in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. Researchers and students of political Islam and radicalism in the Muslim world will find Islam and Political Legitimacy of special interest. This is a welcome addition to the rich literature on the politics of the contemporary Muslim world.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Islam and politics -- 2 The official ulema and religious legitimacy of the modern nation state -- 3 Saudi Arabia: re-reading politics and religion in the wake of September 11 -- 4 The politics of reform in the Islamic Republic of Iran -- 5 Pakistan and the struggle for 'real' Islam -- 6 The Islamic dilemma in Uzbekistan -- 7 Failure of the 'welfare state': Islamic resurgence and political legitimacy in Bangladesh -- 8 Islam and political legitimacy in Malaysia -- 9 Divided majority: limits of Indonesian political Islam -- 10 State legitimacy -- Bibliography -- Index.

Akbarzadeh and Saeed explore one of the most challenging issues facing the Muslim world: the Islamisation of political power. They present a comparative analysis of Muslim societies in West, South, Central and South East Asia and highlight the immediacy of the challenge for the political leadership in those societies. Islam and Political Legitimacy contends that the growing reliance on Islamic symbolism across the Muslim world, even in states that have had a strained relationship with Islam, has contributed to the evolution of Islam as a social and cultural factor to an entrenched political force. The geographic breadth of this book offers readers a nuanced appraisal of political Islam that transcends parochial eccentricities. Contributors to this volume examine the evolving relationship between Islam and political power in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. Researchers and students of political Islam and radicalism in the Muslim world will find Islam and Political Legitimacy of special interest. This is a welcome addition to the rich literature on the politics of the contemporary Muslim world.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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