Crisis of Islamic Civilisation

Informationen zum Autor Ali A. Allawi is research professor, National University of Singapore. He was appointed Iraq’s first postwar civilian Minister of Defense in 2004 and in 2005 was appointed Minister of Finance. This is his third book. He lives in London and Baghdad. Klappentext Islam as a religion is central to the lives of over a billion people, but its outer expression as a distinctive civilization has been undergoing a monumental crisis. This book explores how Islamic civilization began to unravel under colonial rule, as its institutions, laws, and economies were often replaced by inadequate modern equivalents. Zusammenfassung Islam as a religion is central to the lives of over a billion people! but its outer expression as a distinctive civilization has been undergoing a monumental crisis. This book explores how Islamic civilization began to unravel under colonial rule! as its institutions! laws! and economies were often replaced by inadequate modern equivalents.

Product details

• Authors: Ali A Allawi, Ali A. Allawi
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2010
• EAN: 9780300164060
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16406-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 230 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Islam, History, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, History of Religion, General and world history, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities