Title: Sharia State
Description: "Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, The Sharia State examines the Islamist concept of political order. This order is based on a new interpretation of sharia and has been dubbed "the Islamic state" by Islamists. The concept of "the Islamic state," has been elevated to a political agenda and it is this agenda that is examined here. In contrast to the prevailing view which sees the Arab Spring as a revolution, this book argues that the phenomenon has been neither a Spring, nor a revolution. The term 'Arab Spring,' connotes a just rebellion that led to toppling dictators and authoritarian rulers, yet in The Sharia State, Bassam Tibi challenges the unchecked assumption that the seizure of leadership by Islamists is a part of the democratization of the Middle East." -- Publisher website.
Subjects: Islam and state, Islamic law, Democracy, Law, arab countries, Political aspects, Arab Spring, 2010-, Islam et État, Printemps arabe, 2010-2011, Droit islamique, Aspect politique, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Political Ideologies, General, Printemps arabe, Islamisme, Révolution, Démocratisation, Aspects politiques, Arabischer Frühling, Demokratisierung, Islam, Fundamentalismus, Politische Bewegung, Recht