Islam, the State, and Political Authority

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Asma Afsaruddin

      Pages 1-5

3. Medieval Section

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Justification of Political Authority in Medieval Sunni Thought

      • Hayrettin Yücesoy

      Pages 9-33

   3. Alfarabi and the Foundation of Political Theology in Islam

      • Massimo Campanini

      Pages 35-52

   4. Alfarabi’s Goal: Political Philosophy, Not Political Theology

      • Charles E. Butterworth

      Pages 53-74

   5. Prophecy, Imamate, and Political Rule among the Ikhwan al-Safa’

      • Carmela Baffioni

      Pages 75-92

   6. The Responsibilities of Political Office in a Shi‘i Caliphate and the Delineation of Public Duties under the Fatimids

      • Paul E. Walker

      Pages 93-110

   7. Ibn Taymiyya on Islamic Governance

      • Banan Malkawi, Tamara Sonn

      Pages 111-127

4. Modern Section

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Theologizing about Democracy: A Critical Appraisal of Mawdudi’s Thought

      • Asma Afsaruddin

      Pages 131-154

   3. The Political Philosophy of Islamic Movements

      • M. A. Muqtedar Khan

      Pages 155-172

   4. Rethinking the Relationship between Religion and Liberal Democracy: Overcoming the Problems of Secularism in Muslim Societies

      • Nader Hashemi

      Pages 173-187

   5. Minarchist Political Islam

      • Anas Malik

      Pages 189-206

   6. Wilayat al-faqih and Democracy

      • Mohsen Kadivar

      Pages 207-224

   7. Anwar al-‘Awlaqi against the Islamic Legal Tradition

      • Andrew F. March

      Pages 225-248

5. Back Matter

   Pages 249-255

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The expert essays in this volume deal with critically important topics concerning Islam and politics in both the pre-modern and modern periods, such as the nature of government, the relationship between politics and theology, Shi'i conceptions of statecraft, notions of public duty, and the compatibility of Islam and democratic governance.

• democracy
• governance
• government
• Islam
• political philosophy
• politics
• Tradition

'This edited volume is a model collection. Its title identifies clearly its subject matter, political authority in the Islamic world. The chapters focus in varied and useful ways on that obviously pressing subject matter.' - Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies

• Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

  Asma Afsaruddin

ASMA AFSARUDDIN Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, USA.

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