The Political Discourses of three Contemporary Muslim Scholars
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3895045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ali Akbar (0000-0003-4620-9953, University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 393-408 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Digest of Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-4367 • E-ISSN: 1949-3606 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/dome.12084 |
| OpenAlex | W2408221479 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 21 |
It is well-known that the quest for an Islamic state was a desire common to most Islamists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This article discusses three contemporary political theories that stand in sharp contrast to the Islamists' theory of an Islamic state. These political theories are developed by three prominent contemporary Muslim scholars, Nasr Hamid Abū Zayd, Ablodkarim Soroush, and Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari. The article attempts to discuss the common themes between the views of these scholars concerning governance. It argues that the political theories presented by them significantly differ from those developed by most Islamists, who share the idea that Islam is a self-sufficient political system. It also argues that while these political theories challenge the idea that incorporates the maximal role for government in religious matters and thus are close to certain aspects of regulations of governance in Western countries, they are different from those political theories in the West that focus on a sharp distinction between religion and state because religion, for such scholar, plays an important role in developing civil society
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| Citations per year | 0.44 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |