Islamic Higher Education in Indonesia

Islamic Higher Education in Indonesia

Author: R. Lukens-Bull

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1137313412

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This project looks at the work of the faculty in Indonesia's National Islamic Institutes to address, respond, and prevent the success of radical Islamic discourse and institution of Shari'a law in the school system.


The Quest for Modernity

The Quest for Modernity

Author: Roel Meijer

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780700712472

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This book analyses the political ideologies of the several highly influential liberal, socialist and communist thinkers, groups and movements which sought to modernize Egypt after World War II. Most of the representatives of these currents intended to transform Egyptian society completely through rapid industrialization, land reforms and economic planning, which would eliminate the peasantry, rationalize the economy and create a new Egyptian citizen who would live 'in accordance with the spirit of the age'. This study explains why and how most liberal and left-wing intellectuals eventually supported the authoritarian modernization programme of the July Revolution of 1952. It gives new insights into intellectual life during one of the most optimistic periods in Egyptian history, a time when Egypt was at the height of its power and believed a whole new future lay before it, uniting the Arab world and joining Asia and Africa in the common struggle for independence and dignity.


Secularism in the Arab World

Secularism in the Arab World

Author: Aziz al-Azmeh

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2020-03-18

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 147444749X

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This book is a translation of Aziz al-Azmeh's seminal work Al-'Ilmaniya min mandhur mukhtalif that was first published in Beirut in 1992. Both celebrated and criticised for its reflections on Arab secularisation and secularism in the modern history of the Arab World, it is the only study to date to approach its subject as a set of historical changes which affected the regulation of the social, political and cultural order, and which permeated the concrete workings of society, rather than as an ideological discussion framed from the outset by the assumed opposition between Islam and secularism. The author takes a comprehensive analytical perspective to show that an almost imperceptible yet real, multi-faceted and objective secularising process has been underway in the Arab world since the 1850s. The early onset was the result of adapting to systemic novelties introduced at the time and a reaction to the perceived European advance and local retardation. The need for meaningful reform, and the actions taken in order to put in place a new organisation of state and society based on modern organisational and educational criteria, rather than older, religious traditions, stemmed from the perceived weakness of Arab polities and from an internal drive to overcome this situation. The book follows these themes into the close of the 20th century, marked with the rise of Islamism. A preface to the English translation takes a retrospective look at the theme from the vantage point of social, political and intellectual issues of relevance today.


The Political Thought of Sayyid Qutb

The Political Thought of Sayyid Qutb

Author: Sayed Khatab

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-04-18

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 1134185189

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The book is especially topical and could be marketed world-wide It shows the intellectual origins, the conceptual and methodological thinking of radical Islamist movement in the modern world Sayyid Qutb is probably the most influential political thinker for contemporary Islamists and has greatly influenced the likes of Bin Laden. It is therefore helpful in providing an understanding of radical Islamic fundamentalists which makes this book extremely relevant since the events of September 11th The book provides a new analysis of Qtub and is an important contribution to this topic


Egypt's Incomplete Revolution

Egypt's Incomplete Revolution

Author: Rami Ginat

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-03

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1136309888

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The importance of Lutfi al-Khuli and the intellectual circle associated with the Nasserist regime is examined here. Rami Ginat looks at al-Khuli's contribution to the short-lived yet formidable success of Arab socialism.