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The Crisis Of Islamic Civilization
Ali Allawi
Yale University Press
April 2010
On Sale: March 30, 2010
320 pages
ISBN: 0300164068
EAN: 9780300164060
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Non-Fiction
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 A. 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. Allawi also examines the backlash expressed
through the increasing religiosity of Muslim societies and
the spectacular rise of political Islam and its terrorist
offshoots. Assessing the status of each of the building
blocks of Islamic civilization, the author concludes that
Islamic civilization cannot survive without the vital
spirituality that underpinned it in the past. He identifies
a key set of principles for moving forward, principles that
will surprise some and anger others, yet clearly must be
considered.
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