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Islam today counts one billion people as adherents or believers. Its teachings produced a civilization that has flourished for fourteen centuries. Islamic identity exerts a potent force around the globe, though Muslims are often stigmatized by Westerners as a religious threat. Presenting the Islamic concept of justice, this book is an introduction to contemporary Islamic thought and practice, offering a catalyst for dialogue and understanding.
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Edited by Nimat Hafez Barazangi M. Raquibuz Zaman Omar Afzal
University Press of Florida Gainesville Tallahassee Tampa Boca Raton Pensacola Orlando Miami Jacksonville
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Copyright 1996 by the Board of Regents of the State of Florida
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Islamic Identity and the struggle for justice/edited by Nimat Hafez Barazangi, M. Raquibuz Zaman, Omar Afzal. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8130-1382-8 (alk. paper) 1. Islam and justice. I. Barazangi, Nimat Hafez, 1943 II. Zaman, M. Raquibuz. III. Afzal, Omar. BP173.43.186 1996 297.1978dc20 95-23907
The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprised of Florida A & M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida.
University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611
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In memory of Lois Lamya' Ibsen and Isma'il Raji al Faruqi
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CONTENTS
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
Part One Justice: The Ideals
Chapter 1. Islam's Origin and Ideals
Fazlur Rahman
11
Chapter 2. The Islamic Concept of Justice
Mahmoud Ayoub
19
Chapter 3. Comparative View of Justice
I. The Concept of Justice in Judaism
Laurence Edwards
27
II. A Christian Understanding of Justice: Reflections for an Interfaith Discussion
Byron Lee Haines
30
III. Justice in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity: A Comparison
Charles Adams
38
Connecting the Ideals to Practice
Nimat Hafez Barazangi, M. Raquibuz Zaman, and Omar Afzal
41
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Part Two Justice: The Reality
Chapter 4. Economic Justice in Islam, Ideals and Reality: The Cases of Malaysia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia
M. Raquibuz Zaman
47
Chapter 5. The Islamic Call: Social Justice and Political Realism
Tamara Sonn
64
Chapter 6. Vicegerency and Gender Justice in Islam
Nimat Hafez Barazangi
77
Chapter 7. The Nuclear Option and International Justice: Islamic Perspectives
Ali A. Mazrui
95
Contributors
117
Index
120
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PREFACE
Bismi Allah Al Rahman Al Rahim
The youngest of the three monotheistic religions in the world, Islam is now in its fifteenth century of existence. Its adherentsestimated to be more than a billion people, or about one-fifth of humanityare scattered all over the globe, with major concentrations in Asia and Africa. Today, more than fifty Muslim countries are struggling to emerge from several centuries of sociopolitical and economic hibernation. They often find themselves misunderstood, stigmatized, and marginalized by the non-Islamic world, especially the technologically modern nations of the West. Muslims are finding that the Western media tend to interpret all their actions and aspirations in religious terms despite the fact that their sociopolitical and economic structures are primarily the result of imperial Westernized systems. A secular, sociopolitical context seems to be reserved for the West even though religious assumptions underlie almost every action in those countries. Although there is no separation between religion and the state in Islam, very few media and academic professionals in the West acknowledge that most modern Muslim states neither operate according to the teachings of Islam nor represent the people they govern. Moreover, few groups or individuals question the validity of secularism and the separation of religion and state in the functions of the Western "liberal" countries.
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