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Even though study concerning Islam and politics has been conducted by many researchers, few of them investigating about compatibility of Islamic political thoughts, which originated from the classical and medieval periods that have been influencing Islamic political movements and thoughts in Indonesia, with Indonesian context. Thoughts of Imam al-Mawardi (lived in the 12th Century) and Taqiyuddin al-Nabhani (lived in the 20th Century) are some of them that should be mentioned in this regard. Islamic political thoughts of al-Mawardi become the main reference for Sunni Muslims who are majority in Indonesia, while Islamic political thought of al-Nabhani become the main guidance of HTI (Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia) movement of which its members and followers are many in Indonesia. This article investigates about the political thoughts of al-Mawardi and al-Nabhani concerning the relationship between Islam and state as well as their compatibility with Indonesian context. This study uses the library research in which its primary resources are books written by al-Mawardi entitled Al-Ahkam al-Sulthaniyah and al-Nabhani entitled Ad-Daulah al-Islamiyah. By utilizing qualitative content analysis, data were collected and analyzed. This article argues that the Islamic political thought of al-Mawardi has been adopted by majority of Indonesian Sunni Muslims with some adjustments with Indonesian context, so that his thoughts become compatible with the concept of modern nation-state of Indonesia. On the other side, Islamic political thought of al-Nabhani which developed within a spirit of resistance to Western (European) colonialism has been adopted and campaigned by HTI without adjustment with Indonesian context. This causes al-Nabhani's thought clashes with the concept of modern nation-state of Indonesia. ; Meskipun studi tentang pemikiran politik Islam di Indonesia sudah banyak dilakukan, masih sangat sedikit penelitian tentang kompatibilitas pemikiran politik Islam, yang berasal dari periode klasik dan pertengahan yang selama ini ...

Islam and the secular state in Indonesia -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Islamic Ideology and Utopias -- 2. Muslim Responses to Political Change -- 3. Model 1: Islamic Democratic State -- 4. Model 2: Religious Democratic State -- 5. Model 3: Liberal Democratic State -- 6. Continuity and Discontinuity of the Models -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Examining the theoretical problems which arose when the modern European ideology of nationalism was adopted by Muslim societies organized into formally modern states, this book also deals with the practical difficulties arising from the doctrinal incompatibility between Islam and the non-Muslim concept of the territorial nation-state. It illustrates this conflict with a consideration of the record of several states in the Islamic world. It suggests that whereas the state, an organization of power, has been a most durable institution in Islamic history, the legitimacy of the nation-state has always been challenged in favour of the wide Islamic Nation, the "umma", which comprises all the faithful without reference to territorial boundaries. To this extent too, the more recent conception of Arab nationalism projects a far larger nation-state than the existing territorial states in the Arab world today. Description from http://www.amazon.co.uk (Dec. 21, 2011)

"This volume offers a unique approach to the study of Ibn Taymiyyah, by offering an English translation of his fundamental political work, The Office of Islamic Government, and shorter collections from The Collected Fatwas and The Prophetic Way Against the Theology of the Shiites and Qadarites. The volume not only sheds light on fundamental primary source works, but also offers a theoretical analysis of Ibn Taymiyyah's thought and how his legal viewpoint can be reconciled with current trends in Islamic political thought"--

Introduction -- 1. De-regionalization of the Regional Order -- 2. The Erosion of State Power -- 3. Political Islam: Reactive and/or Proactive? The Case of the Islamic State -- 4. The (Re)-establishment of the Caliphate -- 5. The Narrative of the Islamic State -- 6. The State Fights Back -- 7. Political Islam on the Run -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Notes.

Argues that patterns of administrative practice in the regulation of Islam are designed to produce a de-politicized and unthreatening interpretation of Islam; includes regulative practices to control mosque access, imams, preachers and the khutba (weekly religious sermon), and other issues.

Many countries in the Arab world have incorporated Islam into their state- and nation-building projects, naming it the 'religion of the state'. Regulating Islam offers an empirically rich account of how and why two contemporary Arab states, Morocco and Tunisia, have sought to regulate religious institutions and discourse. Drawing on a range of previously unexamined sources, Sarah J. Feuer traces and analyzes the efforts of Moroccan and Tunisian policymakers to regulate Islamic education as part of the respective regimes' broader survival strategies since their independence from French rule in 1956. Out of the comparative case study emerges a compelling theory to account for the complexities of religion-state dynamics across the Arab world today, highlighting the combined effect of ideological, political, and institutional factors on religious regulation in North Africa and the Middle East. The book makes an important and timely contribution to the on-going scholarly and policy debates concerning religion, politics, and authoritarian governance in the post-uprisings Arab landscape

'Ist die Türkei wirklich ein 'islamischer Großstaat', der seinem Wesen nach keinen Platz in der Europäischen Union hat? Dominiert 'der Islam' Politik und Gesellschaft der Türkei in einer Art und Weise, dass diese einfach nicht 'europäisch' werden können? In der Studie wird, ausgehend von der historischen Entwicklung, das aktuelle Verhältnis von Staat und Islam in der Türkei untersucht. Unter Zurückweisung eines unveränderlichen Wesens 'des Islam' und seines Verhältnisses zur Politik wird in einer historisch-strukturellen Analyse gezeigt, wie die islamische Religion nach europäischen Vorbildern in den Dienst der türkischen Staatsraison und des Aufbaus einer republikanischen Nation (nation building) gestellt wird. Der so entstandene türkische Laizismus ist gekennzeichnet durch eine strikte staatliche Kontrolle des öffentlichen religiösen Lebens, einschließlich einer von einer staatliche Einrichtung verfügten 'korrekten' Interpretation der Religionsinhalte, und dadurch, dass jegliche Form von 'freier' Religionsausübung als existentielle Bedrohung für die Republik wahrgenommen wird. Erst unter der AKP-Regierung von Ministerpräsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan beginnt sich das offizielle Religionsverständnis zu wandeln: Laizismus wird im europäischen Sinn als echte Trennung von Staat und Islam gesehen; Islam wird zwar als eine mögliche ethische Grundlage, nicht aber als Handlungsanleitung für Politik verstanden und ein pluralistisches Verständnis von Religionsfreiheit beginnt zu keimen. So gesehen ist zwar die aktuelle Situation von Staat und Islam immer noch durch ein in den meisten EU-Ländern bereits weitgehend überwundenes Verhältnis gekennzeichnet, aber im Prozess ihrer Säkularisierung ist die Türkei 'verspätetes Europa' und nicht 'aktueller Orient'.' (Autorenreferat)

Wael B. Hallaq boldly argues that the "Islamic state," judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both impossible and inherently self-contradictory. Comparing the legal, political, moral, and constitutional histories of premodern Islam and Euro-America, he finds the adoption and the practices of the modern state to be highly problematic for modern Muslims. By Islamic standards, the state's technologies of the self are severely lacking in moral substance, and today's Islamic state, as Hallaq shows, has done little to advance an acceptable form of genuine Shari'a governance. The Islamists' constitutional battles in Egypt and Pakistan, the Islamic legal and political failures of the Iranian Revolution, and other similar disappointments underscore this fact. Hallaq then turns to the rich moral resources of Islamic history to prove that political and other "crises of Islam" are integral to the modern condition of both the East and the West, and by acknowledging these parallels, Muslims can engage more productively with their Western counterparts. -- book cover

For decades after the declaration of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the Turkish state promoted the idea of a desired citizen. The Kemalist state treated these citizens as superior, with full rights; but the 'others', those outside this desired citizenship, were either tolerated or considered undesirable citizens. And this caused the marginalization of ethnic and religious minorities, religious Muslims and leftists alike. In this book, Ihsan Yilmaz shows how historical traumas, victimhood, insecurities, anxieties, fears and siege mentality have negatively impacted on and radicalised the nation-building projects of the two competing hegemonic ideologies/regimes (those of Ataturk and Erdogan) and their treatment of majority and minority ethnic, religious and political groups. Yilmaz reveals the significant degree of overlap between the desired, undesired citizen and tolerated citizen categories of these two regimes, showing how both regimes aimed to create a perception of a homogenous Turkish nation.

"This volume offers a unique approach to the study of Ibn Taymiyyah, by offering an English translation of his fundamental political work, The Office of Islamic Government, and shorter collections from The Collected Fatwas and The Prophetic Way Against the Theology of the Shiites and Qadarites. The volume not only sheds light on fundamental primary source works, but also offers a theoretical analysis of Ibn Taymiyyah's thought and how his legal viewpoint can be reconciled with current trends in Islamic political thought"--

This volume explores relations between Islam and Buddhism and the state in Myanmar, offering an informed response to contemporary issues facing the Muslim communities there.