Islam, the State, and Political Authority

1. Introduction
Asma Afsaruddin

Part I. Medieval Section

2. Justification of Political Authority in Medieval Sunni Thought
Hayrettin Yücesoy

3. Alfarabi and the Foundation of Political Theology in Islam
Massimo Campanini

4. Alfarabi’s Goal: Political Philosophy, Not Political Theology
Charles E. Butterworth

5. Prophecy, Imamate, and Political Rule among the Ikhwan al-Safa’
Carmela Baffioni

6. The Responsibilities of Political Office in a Shi‘i Caliphate and the Delineation of Public Duties under the Fatimids
Paul E. Walker

7. Ibn Taymiyya on Islamic Governance
Banan Malkawi, Tamara Sonn

Part II. Modern Section

8. Theologizing about Democracy: A Critical Appraisal of Mawdudi’s Thought
Asma Afsaruddin

9. The Political Philosophy of Islamic Movements
M. A. Muqtedar Khan

10. Rethinking the Relationship between Religion and Liberal Democracy: Overcoming the Problems of Secularism in Muslim Societies
Nader Hashemi

11. Minarchist Political Islam
Anas Malik

12. Wilayat al-faqih and Democracy
Mohsen Kadivar

13. Anwar al-‘Awlaqi against the Islamic Legal Tradition
Andrew F. March

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, Political History, Middle Eastern Politics, Middle Eastern Culture, Islam, Political Theory, Political Science