| Description |
1 online resource (144 pages) |
| Series |
In translation, modern Muslim thinkers |
| Contents |
About the Author; A Tribute to Ali Abdel Razek from his Grandson, Amr Hamed; Preface; Introduction; Islam and the Foundations of Political Power; Foreword; Book One The Caliphate and Islam; Chapter 1 The Nature of the Caliphate; Chapter 2 The Status of the Caliphate; Chapter 3 The Caliphate from the Social Point of View; Book Two Islam and Government; Chapter 4 The System of Power at the Time of the Prophet; Chapter 5 Prophecy and Power; Chapter 6 Islam: A Message from God rather than a System of Government; A Religion rather than a State |
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Book Three The Caliphate and the Government throughout HistoryChapter 7 Religious Unity and the Arab People; Chapter 8 The Arab State; Chapter 9 The Nature of the Caliphate; List of Sources referred to by Abdel Razek; Appendix Notes on Authors referred to by Abdel Razek; Index |
| Summary |
The translation of an essay first published in Egypt in 1925, which took the contemporaries of its author by storm. At a time when the Muslim world was in great turmoil over the question of the abolition of the caliphate by Mustapha Kamal Ataturk in Turkey Ali Abdel Razek, a religious cleric trained at Al-Azhar University, argued in favour of secularism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122) and index |
| Notes |
In English; translated from the original Arabic |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Islam and politics.
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Islam and state.
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Power (Social sciences) -- Religious aspects -- Islam
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Islam and politics
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Islam and state
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Filali-Ansary, Abdou
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Loutfi, Maryam
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| ISBN |
9780748656318 |
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0748656316 |
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0748689834 |
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9780748689835 |
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