Introduction , A. K. S. Lambton
Part I ON CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC STUDIES
Chapter 1 THE PURPOSE OF ISLAMIC STUDIES, Christopher Toll
Chapter 2 THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE IN THE MUSLIM WORLD ON THE DEFINITION OF "
HUMAN RIGHTS", Jan Hjärpe
Chapter 3 THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE MODERN ISLAMIC MISSION, Gasym Mamed Ogly Kerimov
Part II AUTHORITY AND THE STATE
Chapter 4 THE CONCEPT OF AUTHORITY IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT, Mohammed Arkoun
Chapter 5 The Origins of the Islamic State, Hichem Djaït
Chapter 6 ADMINISTRATION IN THE ISLAMIC STATE: AN INTERPRETATION OF THE TERMS "
DHIMMA" AND "
JIZYA", Jøurgen Bæk Simonsen
Chapter 7 State and Politics in the Philosophy of Sh?h Wal?y All?h, Mahmood A. Ghazi
Part III SECULARIZATION: NATION-STATE AND MODERNIZATION
Chapter 8 ISLAM AND CIVIL SOCIETY, Mehd? Mozaffari
Chapter 9 NATION-STATE BUILDING IN SYRIA: BA'TH AND ISLAM - CONFLICT OR ACCOMMODATION?, Annika Rabo
Chapter 10 ISLAM: WHAT IS ITS POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE? THE CASES OF EGYPT AND SAUDI ARABIA, Gorm Rye Olsen
Chapter 11 WHEN MUSLIM IDENTITY HAS DIFFERENT MEANINGS: RELIGION AND POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY AFGHANISTAN, Asger Christensen
Chapter 12 AFGHANISTAN: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STATE, Asta Olesen
Chapter 13 LABOUR ORGANIZATION IN LIBYA, Maja Naur
Chapter 14 CULTURE AND MINORITIES IN THE ARABO-ISLAMIC IDENTITY OF ALGERIA, Tuomo Melasuo
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