Law and reality in modern Islam
The article sets out with a general discussion of why Islam has kept so much better than Christianity under the desintegration of traditional community structures and cultural patterns brought about by modern developments. It then addresses two sub-questions. In the first place: which are the social...
| Published in: | Islamic dilemmas: reformers, nationalists, and industrialization |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mouton
1985
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Islamic dilemmas: reformers, nationalists, and industrialization
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| Further subjects: | B
Social policy
B Islam B Political science B Social sciences B Fundamentalism B Islamische Länder / Islamische Welt Islam Social sciences Political science Gesellschaftspolitik Religiöser Fundamentalismus B Islamic countries |
| Summary: | The article sets out with a general discussion of why Islam has kept so much better than Christianity under the desintegration of traditional community structures and cultural patterns brought about by modern developments. It then addresses two sub-questions. In the first place: which are the social and political conditions that have made militant Islam into a major political force in some but not all Muslim countries? In the second place: why is it that no organized liberal reform movement has developed in Islam under any recent historical conditions? The overall conclusion is that because Islam is now becoming directly associated with political regimes that show little prospect of solving the major socio-economic problems of their countries, it may in the long run lead to a first wave of working class disaffiliation from organized religion in the Muslim world. (DÜI-Asd) |
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| ISBN: | 311009763X |
| Contains: | In: Islamic dilemmas: reformers, nationalists, and industrialization
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