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Between Qur'an And Crown - The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World (Hardcover)
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Between Qur'an And Crown - The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World (Hardcover)
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The struggle for political legitimacy in many Middle Eastern
countries today poses a dilemma for ruling elites. In order to
maintain authority, leaders often must capitulate to Islamic
universalist dogma, which may conflict with their own views of the
state as well as threaten the legitimacy of other leaders in the
region who are attempting to establish a secular, national basis
for government. Tracing the roots of this dilemma in Middle Eastern
history and Islamic philosophy, Dr. Sonn compares the contemporary
Middle Eastern period to Europe's aEUROoeAge of Religious WarsaEURO
that preceded the emergence of the Western secular state. She
describes how a process similar to the organic development of the
secular state in Europe was interrupted in the Middle East by
oppressive Western colonialism, which eventually led to the Muslim
rejection of nationalism and all things aEUROoeWesternaEURO and to
the reassertion of Islam as the sole source of political
legitimacy. The author shows how the philosophy of Islamic
traditionalism opposes the two fundamentals of stable national
political systems-a geographical limitation of authority and an
institutionalized process for regular changes in leadership. Dr.
Sonn bases her argument on an insightful examination of Middle
Eastern history, from the formation and disintegration of the
Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth century to the present, and
caps it with a detailed look at a possible solution to the dilemma:
the teachings of modern scholars who advocate a new aEUROoeIslamic
realismaEURO incorporating a limited definition of national
identity and interests while retaining Islamic social goals.
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