Dynamism in Islamic activism : reference points for democratization and human rights
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Dynamism in Islamic activism : reference points for democratization and human rights
Amsterdam University Press, 2006
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The increased tensions surrounding radical Muslims and radical movements in the political Islam are not only manifested in the Western countries but also in the Muslim world itself. Tendencies and political movements that undermine the status quo have proliferated since the 1970s. They plead for a far-reaching islamization: funding politics, law and society on Islamic foundations. This study of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) analyses the developments in Islamic beliefs, political activism, society and law since the 1970s. To what extent has islamization been successful? What are its consequences for attempts in and outside the Muslim world to come to extend democratization and respect for human rights? And what can the Netherlands and the European Union contribute to support developments towards democratization and human rights? This study is, among others, based on "http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_booklist&b=series&series=33">extensive research of experts on the change of Islamic thinking and to the dynamics of law in twelve different Muslim countries.
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Table of Contents[-]Summary[-]Preface[-]1 Introduction[-] 1.1 Background[-] 1.2 Goal, key questions, and definitions[-] 1.3 Limitations[-] 1.4 Elaboration of the research question and structure of the report[-]2 The development of Islamic political thought[-] 2.1 Introduction[-] 2.2 Reform by return to the sources[-] 2.3 Reform by reinterpretation of the sacred sources[-] 2.4 Interpretation of the dynamism in Islamic thought[-] 2.5 Conclusion[-]3 The development of Islamic political movements[-] 3.1 Introduction[-] 3.2 Islamic political movements in the 1970s: background and characteristics[-] 3.3 Islamic political activists in power[-] 3.4 Islamic political movements in the political and social arena[-] 3.5 Interpretation of the political dynamism[-] 3.6 Conclusion[-]4 The development of law and legal systems[-] 4.1 Introduction[-] 4.2 Recent Islamization of law and legal systems[-] 4.3 Islamic and universal human rights[-] 4.4 Interpretation of the legal dynamism[-] 4.5 Conclusion[-]5 Policy perspective[-] 5.1 Introduction[-] 5.2 The world political situation[-] 5.3 Reference points[-] 5.4 Constructive engagement with the Muslim world[-] 5.5 European and bilateral policy options for constructive engagement[-] 5.6 Islamic activism in the Dutch democratic constitutional state[-] 5.7 Conclusion[-]Bibliography[-]Appendix 1 Comparison of the scores of Muslim countries with regard to political rights and civil liberties, early 1970s and 2003/2004[-]Appendix 2 Classification of Muslim countries by regime type - 2002[-]Appendix 3 Status of Islam and Sharia as a legal source in the constitutions of Muslim countries[-]Appendix 4 The Barcelona process, EMP and ENP[-]Glossary
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