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This book, in its effort to formulate compatibility between Islamic law and the principles of international diplomatic law, argues that the need to harmonize the two legal systems and have a thorough cross-cultural understanding amongst nations generally with a view to enhancing unfettered diplomatic cooperation should be of paramount priority.
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"This book makes an important contribution to understanding the ongoing political evolution of politics in Sarawak. It also provides a case study of the engagement of a dominant state with social forces in a multi-ethnic society." - Prof Harold Crouch, Emeritus Professor, Department of Political & Social Change, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies, Australian National University "Taking off from Joel Migdal's notions of 'the strongman-politician’, 'strong society, weak state' and 'the state in society', the author discusses how the federal government accomodates Taib Mahmud's chief ministership over Sarawak, and how his long tenure is anchored in winning political support from the Sarawak Muslim Bumiputera community. An insightful book on contemporary Sarawak politics." - Prof Francis Loh Kok Wah, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. "This volume will go a long way in explaining why a single Melanau family has been able to dominate Sarawak politics for the past four decades." - Prof James Chin, Head of School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University, Malaysia Campus
I was angry at the government, I voted them so many times and yet they never
give me anything, not even a t-shirt] Ismail's anger is a representation of the
dissenting voice among the Malays who switch their allegiance from the ruling
party to Keadilan. Ismail supports Keadilan, not because of its political ideology
which is based on the struggle to uphold democratic principles such as
transparency, equality and justice. Instead, he supports the opposition because
he is angry with the ...
In 1998, Indonesia's military government collapsed, creating a crisis that many believed would derail its democratic transition. Yet the world's most populous Muslim country continues to receive high marks from democracy-ranking organizations. In this volume, political scientists, religious scholars, legal theorists, and anthropologists examine Indonesia's transition compared to Chile, Spain, India, and potentially Tunisia, and democratic failures in Yugoslavia, Egypt, and Iran. Chapters explore religion and politics and Muslims' support for democracy before change.
... by government (sometimes by telephone) or purchased by litigants (often with
court clerks acting as brokers).3 The result was a dysfunctional legal system that
consistently failed citizens but served the Suharto government well, providing
almost complete legal impunity for many state actors, in particular military
perpetrators of human rights abuses.4 Daniel Lev's damning account of the
decrepitude of the Indonesian legal system by the end of the Orde Baru (New
Order) suggests the ...
istilah "Aksi Bela Islam" mendadak populer dalam kosa-kata gerakan politik-keagamaan kontemporer di Indonesia. Istilah ini merupakan mantra ampuh untuk memobilisasi dukungan umat Islam dalam merespons isu-isu sosial dan politik aktual yang dianggap berkaitan dengan nasib dan kepentingan umat Islam. Tidak ada yang salah dengan inisiatif aksi solidaritas atas dasar persamaan keyakinan. Yang penting dipahami, memperkuat solidaritas sesama Muslim (ukhuwah Islamiyah) tidak boleh menegasikan solidaritas kebangsaan yang majemuk (ukhuwah wathaniah) dan solidaritas kemanusiaan (ukhuwah basyariah). Klaim "Aksi Bela Agama" bukanlah monopoli kelompok keagamaan tertentu. Pembelaan terhadap agama Islam hendaklah berpijak pada kepentingan menjaga hak-hak umat Islam yang selaras dengan bangunan politik kebangsaan yang inklusif dan penghormatan terhadap nilai-nilai kemanusiaan yang universal. Nalar "Membela Islam, Membela Kemanusiaan" adalah bahwa membela Islam haruslah kongruen dengan membela kemanusiaan. Komitmen membela Islam akan sukar diterima jika aktualisasinya justru mengancam nilai-nilai keadaban, kebinekaan, dan kemanusiaan. Semangat membela Islam akan kehilangan esensinya apabila mengarah pada otoritarianis Buku ini tak hanya memotret tantangan peradaban Islam di Indonesia masih diliputi problema tafsir teks yang kaku, tetapi juga menambah perspektif optimistik bahwa Islam memayungi kemajemukan budaya dan menyuarakan keadilan. Penulis sangat cerdas menyajikannya dalam bahasa yang populis sehingga renyah untuk dicerna" -Prof. Muhadjir Effendy, Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan RI "Fajar Riza Ul Haq terus berusaha mencari mediasi-antara lain melalui tulisan-tulisannya-untuk mendorong transformasi sosial menuju Indonesia yang semakin adil dan sejahtera." -Mgr. Ignatius Suharyo Pr, Uskup Agung Jakarta "Karya ini patut dibaca bukan saja oleh kalangannya sendiri, tetapi juga oleh publik Indonesia umumnya. Sebagai seorang intelektual-aktivis, penulisnya punya jaringan luas yang merupakan modal tambahan bagi bobot karyanya. Sebagai Muslim, penulis menunjukkan sikap kritisnya terhadap umat Islam yang jauh dari idealisme Islam tentang persatuan umat." -Ahmad Syafii Maarif, Mantan Ketua Pimpinan Pusat Muhammadiyah [Mizan, Mizan Publishing, Wacana, Islam, Indonesia, Fiksi, Agama, Polittik]
Nalar "Membela Islam, Membela Kemanusiaan" adalah bahwa membela Islam haruslah kongruen dengan membela kemanusiaan.
While Turkey has grown as a world power, promoting the image of a progressive and stable nation, several policy choices have strained its relationship with the East and the West. Providing social, historical, and religious context for Turkey's singular behavior, the essays in Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey examine issues relevant to Turkish debates and global concerns, from the state's position on religion and diversity to its involvement in the European Union. Written by experts in a range of disciplines, the chapters explore the Ottoman toleration of diversity during its classical period; the erosion of ethno-religious diversity in modern, pre-democratic times; Kemalism and its role in modernization and nation building; the changing political strategies of the military; and the effect of possible EU membership on domestic reforms. They also conduct a cross-Continental comparison of "multiple secularisms" as well as political parties, considering the Justice and Development Party in Turkey in relation to Christian Democratic parties in Europe. The contributors tackle central research questions, such as what is the legacy of the Ottoman Empire's ethno-religious plurality and how can Turkey's assertive secularism be softened to allow greater space for religious actors. They address the military's "guardian" role in Turkey's secularism, the implications of recent constitutional amendments for democratization, and the consequences and benefits of Islamic activism's presence within a democratic system. No other collection confronts Turkey's contemporary evolution so vividly and thoroughly or offers such expert analysis of its crucial social and political systems.
Japan's victories gave impetus to a renewed interest in racial theory and the
Turkic past among the Young Turks and Ottoman intellectuals. Two Young Turk
journals, the Committee of Union and Progress's official organ Şûra-yı Ümmet
and the intellectual periodical Türk, promoted a new Turkism attributing a
centripetal role to the Turks in running the empire,60 and Yusuf Akçura avowed
that one of the alternatives before the Ottoman state was to “pursue a Turkish
nationalism based ...
The collapse of communism and the rise of militant Islamic movements in the Middle East, raised the specter of a future dominated by the conflict between "Islam" and "the West". September 11 has only branded that notion onto the world’s consciousness. In this up-to-date edition of Halliday's classic text, he sets out to reject these interpretations. Considering the sources of Islamic militancy and analyzing the confrontational rhetoric of both Islamic and anti-Muslim demagogues, he provides an alternative, critical but cautious, reassessment.
Equally they would point to the importance of transnational ideologies - Arab
nationalism, Islam, Third World assertion - in the conflict, and of the growing
communality of interest of the developed countries who acted to defend what they
saw as an international interest. For many ... the Western states in colonial times.
29 This would bear out Thomas Kuhn's observation that any decent paradigm,
any 'historically significant' theory, can 'more or less' provide an explanation. Yet
there are ...
Contemporary Islam provides a counterweight to the prevailing opinions of Islamic thought as conservative and static with a preference for violence over dialogue. It gathers together a collection of eminent scholars from around the world who tackle issues such as intellectual pluralism, gender, the ethics of political participation, human rights, non-violence and religious harmony. This is a highly topical and important study which gives a progressive outlook for Islam's role in modern politics and society.
However, thousands of items are listed when “violence and Islam” are the search
words.5 Scholarly interest in researching Islamic theories of peacebuilding also
stems from the recent significant expansions in the study of religion and peace.
Scholars and practitioners in peace studies and conflict resolution have begun
exploring the role of religion in shaping the theory and practice of their field.6
This new wave of research aims to shift the focus away from religion as the cause
of war ...
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the United States declared war on terrorism. More than ten years later, the results are decidedly mixed. Here world-renowned author, diplomat, and scholar Akbar Ahmed reveals an important yet largely ignored result of this war: in many nations it has exacerbated the already broken relationship between central governments and the largely rural Muslim tribal societies on the peripheries of both Muslim and non-Muslim nations. The center and the periphery are engaged in a mutually destructive civil war across the globe, a conflict that has been intensified by the war on terror. Conflicts between governments and tribal societies predate the war on terror in many regions, from South Asia to the Middle East to North Africa, pitting those in the centers of power against those who live in the outlying provinces. Akbar Ahmed's unique study demonstrates that this conflict between the center and the periphery has entered a new and dangerous stage with U.S. involvement after 9/11 and the deployment of drones, in the hunt for al Qaeda, threatening the very existence of many tribal societies. American firepower and its vast anti-terror network have turned the war on terror into a global war on tribal Islam. And too often the victims are innocent children at school, women in their homes, workers simply trying to earn a living, and worshipers in their mosques. Battered by military attacks or drone strikes one day and suicide bombers the next, the tribes bemoan, "Every day is like 9/11 for us." In The Thistle and the Drone, the third volume in Ahmed's groundbreaking trilogy examining relations between America and the Muslim world, the author draws on forty case studies representing the global span of Islam to demonstrate how the U.S. has become involved directly or indirectly in each of these societies. The study provides the social and historical context necessary to understand how both central governments and tribal societies have become embroiled in America's war. Beginning with Waziristan and expanding to societies in Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and elsewhere, Ahmed offers a fresh approach to the conflicts studied and presents an unprecedented paradigm for understanding and winning the war on terror. The Thistle and the Drone was the 2013 Foreword Reviews Gold winner for Political Science.
When I pray, he prays, And my Allah is his Allah. ... The modern nation-state, at
least in its Western variety, assumes a healthy working democracy, efficient and
honest bureaucracy, an incorruptible justice system, and rights for all citizens, so
that they can participate in the nation to improve their lives through education, ...
The promises of human rights, democracy, women's rights, stability, or economic
progress proved hollow, as much in the Muslim states as in the non-Muslim ones.
