Islam's Political Relevance in Modernity

In the present work an attempt has been made to assess the history, political philosophy and socio-political conditions and civilization trends right from the prophet period till now. The object of this work focuses on bringing into light major political systems of Muslims that emerged and operated at various periods of time and special emphasis has been given to modern Muslim experimentations and various methods techniques ad ways necessitated by the requirements of time and place. Many books and articles have been written on political systems of Islam and Muslims but no substantial and cohesive effort had been made to bring out the relevance and application of the that discussions 'political system of Islam to modem times' which has been done in this work. This work is divided into seen chapters followed by a bibliography and glossary. The first chapter is devoted to the discussion of the political system of the Prophet's period and the evolution of the Islamic state through a number of the Prophetic measures like the system of the 'mu'akhat (brotherhood) and the Kitab (document) and the making of the 'ummah' (Muslim community) etc: It also discusses the politico-juridical systems during the Caliphs's period and explains the concepts of Khalifa and the Caliphate and Ideal Khalifat, encompassing the experimentations of the umavid and Abbasid dynasties with special reference to their state building measure and thought making provisions and resolutions such the rise of three tier system of governance which is generally classified as the central, provincial and local governments.

• | Author: Abdul Hakim Siddiqui
• | Publisher: Aakar Books
• | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 218 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 8519860419
• | ISBN-13: 9788519860414