Islamic Political Thought Islamic Political Thought AN INTRODUCTION Gerhard Bowering, Editor PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Copyright © 2015 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TW press.princeton.edu Jacket photograph © Cardaf/Shutterstock. All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Islamic political thought : an introduction / Gerhard Bowering, editor. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-691-16482-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Political science—Islamic countries. 2. Political science—Philosophy. 3. Islam and state. 4. Islam and politics. I. Böwering, Gerhard, 1939– JA84.I78I85 2015 320.55'7—dc23 2014023882 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available This book has been composed in Garamond Premier Pro and Gill Sans Printed on acid-free paper. ∞ Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Introduction Gerhard Bowering 1 Authority Roy Jackson 25 Caliphate Wadad Kadi and Aram A. Shahin 37 Fundamentalism Roxanne Euben 48 Government Emad El-Din Shahin 68 Jihad John Kelsay 86 Knowledge Paul L. Heck 105 Minorities Yohanan Friedmann 123 Modernity Armando Salvatore 135 Muhammad Gerhard Bowering 152 Pluralism and Tolerance Gudrun Krämer 169 Qur’an Gerhard Bowering 185 Revival and Reform Ebrahim Moosa and SherAli Tareen 202 Shari‘a Devin J. Stewart 219 Traditional Political Thought Patricia Crone 238 ‘Ulama’ Muhammad Qasim Zaman 252 Women Ayesha S. Chaudhry 263 Contributors 273 Index 275 Islamic Political Thought
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