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  title info:
    title: Political opposition in contemporary Islamic political thought in the Arab world
  name:
    name part: Alibasic, Ahmet
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    date issued: 1999
  language:
    language term: eng
  language:
    language term: ara
  physical description:
    extent: ix, 239 lvs. ; 31 cm.
  abstract: This thesis proposes to study the views of the most significant positions held by Islamists in the contemporary Arab world on dissent and opposition. In other words, the thesis ventures to investigate the question whether there is any reason to believe that the Muslim world would be any better off in terms of freedom under Islamic rule than it is now. In writing this thesis I have departed from the currently prevalent conviction that one of the root causes of the presently encompassing predicament of the Ummah is its failure to manage social conflict and deal successfully with dissent. My aim has been to identify positions, arguments, trends, and the main features of contemporary Islamic discourse on opposition, dissent and political pluralism. To accomplish that task I have used the comparative historical approach with elements of the normative approach. Among the findings of the study is the confirmation of the assumption we started with. If ambiguity is the main feature of the Islamic historical heritage on the issue of opposition, then the rapid evolution towards its validation and diversity, if not contradiction and inconsistency, are the main characteristics of the contemporary Islamic discourse on opposition. On the one hand we identified positive evidence including: 'freedom of religion' (lai ikrah fi al-din), the commitment to independent judgment and reasoning (ijtihad), the principle of diversity and disagreement (ikhtilaf), mutual consultation (shura), the concept of public interest (maslahah), and some maxims of Islamic law. On the other hand we identified negative evidence in the form of moral restrictions, legal norms regarding apostasy, blasphemy, rebellion,pledge of allegiance, giving of advice, and the unity of Muslims. Three well established Islamic concepts, namely .Hisbah, sovereignty of God and fitnah are often legitimately invoked as positive and negative evidence simultaneously. The difficult and painful process of reinterpreting the ambivale…
  note: by Ahmet Alibasic
  note: Abstract in English.
  note: "A thesis submitted to the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) in partial fulfillment of the M. A degree" -- On title page.
  note: Thesis (Master)--International Islamic University Malaysia, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 1999.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (lv. 210-239).
  subject:
    topic: Opposition (Political science)
  subject:
    topic: Opposition (Political science)
    geographic: Arab countries
  subject:
    topic: Islam and politics
    geographic: Arab countries
  subject:
    topic: Political science
    topic: History
    geographic: Islamic Empire
  subject:
    geographic: Islamic Empire
    topic: Politics and government
  classification: JQ1850.A792O6
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/2344
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 050316
    record change date: 20230420130246.0
    record identifier: 316544
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng