Research Catalog

Title

Islam and the foundations of political power / Ali Abdel Razek ; translated by Maryam Loutfi ; edited by Abdou Filali-Ansary.

Author

• ‏عبد الرازق, علي, 1888-1966.
• ʻAbd al-Rāziq, ʻAlī, 1888-1966.

Publication

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2012.

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Additional Authors

• Filali-Ansary, Abdou.
• Loutfi, Maryam.
• Aga Khan University. Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.

Description

xii, 131 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The publication of this essay in Egypt in 1925 took the contemporaries of Ali Abdel Razek by storm. Challenging fundamental ideas about political power, it was the focus of much attention and the seed of a heated debate. It was especially potent as at this time the Muslim world was in great turmoil over the questiion of the abolition of the caliphate by Mustapha Kemal Ataturk in Turkey. The essay gave rise to a series of "refutations" and unleashed the Arab world's first great public debate with polemics supporting or refuting Ali Abdel Razek's ideas published all over the press. Eventually he was tried by the al-Azhar court, denounced, stripped of his title of 'alim and barred from future employment in education and the judiciary."--jacket.

Series Statement

In translation: modern Muslim thinkers

Uniform Title

In translation, modern Muslim thinkers.

Subject

• ʻAbd al-Rāziq, ʻAlī, 1888-1966
• Islam and politics
• Islam and state
• Power (Social sciences) > Religious aspects > Islam

Note

• "Edinburgh University Press in association with The Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-122) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Arabic.

Contents

Book one: The caliphate and Islam -- 1. The nature of the caliphate -- 2. The status of the caliphate -- 3. The caliphate from the social point of view -- Book two: Islam and government -- 4. The system of power at the time of the prophet -- 5. Prophecy and power -- 6. Islam: a message from God rather than a system of government; a religion rather than a state -- Book three: The caliphate and the government throughout history -- 7. Religious unity and the Arab people -- 8. The Arab state -- 9. The nature of the caliphate.

Call Number

JFD 12-5234

ISBN

• 9780748639786
• 0748639780

OCLC

805937145

Author

ʻAbd al-Rāziq, ʻAlī, 1888-1966.

Alternate Script for Author

عبد الرازق, علي, 1888-1966.

Title

Islam and the foundations of political power / Ali Abdel Razek ; translated by Maryam Loutfi ; edited by Abdou Filali-Ansary.

Imprint

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2012.

Series

In translation: modern Muslim thinkers

In translation, modern Muslim thinkers.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-122) and index.

Language

Translated from the Arabic.

Alternate Script for Subject

عبد الرازق, علي, 1888-1966. اسلام واصول الحكم.

Added Author

Filali-Ansary, Abdou.

Loutfi, Maryam.

Aga Khan University. Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.

Research Call Number

JFD 12-5234