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Full-Text Articles in Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Two Debates In American Politics, Muqtedar Khan
Two Debates In American Politics, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The article summarized debates around same-sex Marriage and the Iran nuclear deal.
Islam, Reason And The Challenge Of Decaying Modernity, Muqtedar Khan
Islam, Reason And The Challenge Of Decaying Modernity, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The article explores the challenge of reason and modernity to Islam.
Has The Fervor For Democracy Faded Away?, Muqtedar Khan
Has The Fervor For Democracy Faded Away?, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
This essay reviews public opinion surveys that indicate a diminishing appeal of democracy in the Middle East.
The Ummah: Real Or Imaginary, Muqtedar Khan
The Ummah: Real Or Imaginary, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The essay examines the reality of the idea of an Ummah.
Paris To Delaware: Local Response To Global Crisis, Muqtedar Khan
Paris To Delaware: Local Response To Global Crisis, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
This article examines how small Western Muslim communities respond to Global Crisis that affect them.
Paris To Delaware: Local Response To Global Crisis, Muqtedar Khan
Paris To Delaware: Local Response To Global Crisis, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
This article examines how small Western Muslim communities respond to Global Crisis that affect them.
What Is Islamic Democracy? The Three Cs Of Islamic Governance, Muqtedar Khan
What Is Islamic Democracy? The Three Cs Of Islamic Governance, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
This book chapter explores the three Cs of Islamic Governance; Constitution, Consultation and Consent.
Has Modernity Failed The Muslim World?, Muqtedar Khan
Has Modernity Failed The Muslim World?, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
Modernity had come to the Muslim World. But it did not deliver. There is no stability, no freedom, no real democracy and no earned prosperity and no scientific vitality in the Muslim World. Perhaps rather than continuing to ask the old question is Islam compatible with modernity, we need to ask has modernity failed Muslims.
What Is Enlightenment? An Islamic Perspective, Muqtedar Khan
What Is Enlightenment? An Islamic Perspective, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
This essay draws on Immanuel Kant’s concept of enlightenment as an escape from self- imposed ignorance and argues that a similar concept of enlightenment can be understood within the Muslim context as escape from self-imposed jahiliyyah, which is understood as fear to exercise reason publicly. The article advocates for ijtihad, is critical of Taqlid, and invokes Islamic sources to invest confidence in contemporary use of reason for interpreting Islam.
Political Authority In Islam, Muqtedar Khan
Political Authority In Islam, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The chapter is a survey of various approaches to political authority in Islamic thought.
Political Authority In Islam, Muqtedar Khan
Political Authority In Islam, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The chapter is a survey of various approaches to political authority in Islamic thought.
Islamophobia Only A Short Chapter In The Muslim-West Story, Muqtedar Khan
Islamophobia Only A Short Chapter In The Muslim-West Story, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The short essay argues that there many positive elements that should not be marginalized while examining the rise of islamophobia in the West.
The Postmodern Empire: The United States' New Foreign Policy And Its Global Challenges, Muqtedar Khan
The Postmodern Empire: The United States' New Foreign Policy And Its Global Challenges, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The Paper examines shifts in American Foreign Policy after 9/11 and argues that the US had become a Postmodern Empire.
Islamic Democratic Theory: Between Political Philosophy And Jurisprudence, Muqtedar Khan
Islamic Democratic Theory: Between Political Philosophy And Jurisprudence, Muqtedar Khan
Muqtedar Khan
The article compares the role that jurists, theologians and philosophers play in shaping the discourse on Islam and Democracy.