Western Dominance and Political Islam: Challenge and Response - Hardcover

Bin Sayeed, Khalid

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791422658 ISBN 13: 9780791422656

Verlag: STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK PR, 1995

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This book challenges prevalent Western media and popular interpretations of Islam. Through a political and historical analysis of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan—countries that represent the religious, ethnic, and ideological spectrum of the Muslim world—it explores whether or not Islam as a political religion and civilization can provide a preferable alternative to Western capitalist democracy. Sayeed argues that although Islamic fundamentalism, particularly in its militant and violent form, lacks the potential to become such a system, some of the major Islamic ideas, if reinterpreted and reformulated, can provide a viable alternative to Western political and economic dominance, especially in the Middle and Near East.

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Khalid Bin Sayeed is Professor Emeritus of Political Studies and Adjunct Professor of History at Queen's University. Among his other books are The Political System of Pakistan, Pakistan: The Formative Phase, and Politics in Pakistan: The Nature and Direction of Change.

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• Verlag: STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0791422658
• ISBN 13: 9780791422656
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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