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oapen-20.500.12657-528102023-01-31T18:35:43Z Islam, Justice, and Democracy Ciftci, Sabri Political Science World Middle Eastern Religion Islam Political Science bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRH Islam bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government Justice (al-‘adl) is one of the principal values of the Islamic faith. In Islam, Justice, and Democracy, Sabri Ciftci explores the historical, philosophical, and empirical foundations of justice to examine how religious values relate to Muslim political preferences and behavior. He focuses on Muslim agency and democracy to explain how ordinary Muslims use the conceptions of divine justice—either servitude to God or exercising free will against oppressors—to make sense of real-world problems. Using ethnographic research, interviews, and public opinion surveys as well as the works of Islamist ideologues, archives of Islamist journals, and other sources, Ciftci shows that building contemporary incarnations of Islamist justice is, in essence, a highly practical political project that has formative effects on Muslim political attitudes. Islam, Justice, and Democracy compares the recent Arab Spring protests to the constitutionalist movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the Middle East to demonstrate the continuities and rifts a century apart. By putting justice at the center of democratic thinking in the Muslim world, Ciftci reconsiders Islam's potential in engendering both democratic ideals and authoritarian preferences. 2022-02-12T05:32:09Z 2022-02-12T05:32:09Z 2021 book 9781439921517 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52810 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf Temple University Press Temple University Press 2b4d3fe3-4d8b-44ba-b78c-dcb9df488bdd b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781439921517 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Temple University Press Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Justice (al-‘adl) is one of the principal values of the Islamic faith. In Islam, Justice, and Democracy, Sabri Ciftci explores the historical, philosophical, and empirical foundations of justice to examine how religious values relate to Muslim political preferences and behavior. He focuses on Muslim agency and democracy to explain how ordinary Muslims use the conceptions of divine justice—either servitude to God or exercising free will against oppressors—to make sense of real-world problems.
Using ethnographic research, interviews, and public opinion surveys as well as the works of Islamist ideologues, archives of Islamist journals, and other sources, Ciftci shows that building contemporary incarnations of Islamist justice is, in essence, a highly practical political project that has formative effects on Muslim political attitudes. Islam, Justice, and Democracy compares the recent Arab Spring protests to the constitutionalist movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the Middle East to demonstrate the continuities and rifts a century apart.
By putting justice at the center of democratic thinking in the Muslim world, Ciftci reconsiders Islam's potential in engendering both democratic ideals and authoritarian preferences.
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