عنوان

Social justice in Islam:

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انگلیسی

Social justice in Islam:

[Thesis]

Abdelkader, Deina Ali

Is Islamic activism linked to the government's accountability according to Islamic law?

T. R. Gurr

University of Maryland College Park

1995

272-272 p.

Ph.D.

University of Maryland College Park

1995

The study of mass movements is an established subfield in political science. Islamic activist movements have been studied with several approaches, for example; the modernization/economic development approach, the cultural approach, and the popular discontent approach. However, the intricacies of Islamic activist movements necessitate attention to cultural as well as development issues. This dissertation examines the link between Islamic activists' perception of a "just society", their grievances, and the degree of Islamic activism. The basic supposition is that the extent and severity of Islamic activism is a function of the extent to which state performance in Muslim societies falls short of the principles of Islamic social justice. The study begins with an analysis of the nature of a social contract as ordained by Islamic law, taking into account the writing of Islamic activists and the writing of Muslim legal scholars (fuqaha), thus focusing on the nature and ethos of the Islamic state. The accountability of ruler and ruled is an important facet of governorship which necessitates an understanding of the spirit, word and practice of Muslim law (shari'a). Understanding the latter issues is hypothesized to explain the imperatives of the Islamic cultural revolution in Algeria, Egypt, and Turkey in the years 1988 to 1993. The study codes events throughout the five years in order to explain the degree of Islamic activism in each of the countries studied. Those events are coded on the basis of a detailed examination of al-maqasid (an Islamic legal principle), the Islamic activists grievances, and the degree of Islamic activism. The examination of the data proved that, with varying degrees, there is a relation between the violation of religion, the mind, the self, posterity, wealth, and Islamic activism as hypothesized. ftnIslamic activism in this study includes violent and non-violent actions.

Law

Middle Eastern history

Philosophy, religion and theology

Political science

Religion

Social sciences

Abdelkader, Deina Ali

T. R. Gurr

p

[Thesis]

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