The Crisis of Islamic Civilization

Author(s): Ali A. Allawi

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Islam as a religion is central to the lives of over a billion people, but its outer expression as a distinctive civilization has been undergoing a monumental crisis. Buffeted by powerful adverse currents, Islamic civilization today is a shadow of its former self. The most disturbing and possibly fatal of these currents - the imperial expansion of the West into Muslim lands and the blast of modernity that accompanied it - are now compounded by a third giant wave, globalization. These forces have increasingly tested Islam and Islamic civilization for validity, adaptability, and the ability to hold on to the loyalty of Muslims, says Ali Allawi in his provocative new book. While the faith has proved resilient in the face of these challenges, other aspects of Islamic civilization have atrophied or died, Allawi contends, and Islamic civilization is now undergoing its last crisis.The book explores how Islamic civilization began to unravel under colonial rule, as its institutions, laws, and economies were often replaced by inadequate modern equivalents.

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General Fields

  • : 9780300139310
  • : Yale University Press
  • : Yale University Press
  • : 0.67
  • : March 2009
  • : 3.091 Centimeters X 16.6 Centimeters X 24.4 Centimeters
  • : books

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  • : Ali A. Allawi
  • : Hardback
  • : English
  • : 909/.09767082
  • : 320