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Between Qur'an And Crown : The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World, PDF eBook

Between Qur'an And Crown : The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World PDF

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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 a€œAge of Religious Warsa€ 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 a€œWesterna€ 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 a€œIslamic realisma€ incorporating a limited definition of national identity and interests while retaining Islamic social goals.

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