Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries

Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries

A content analysis of the Qur’an shows that it lays utmost importance on the realization of justice and conversely the eradication of injustice in society. A historical analysis found that social justice was prevalent in Mecca under the leadership of Prophet Muhammad and was also practiced during th...

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Main Author: Moten, Abdul Rashid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Versita, Warsaw 2013
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BL Religion
JF Political institutions (General)
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/41274/
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spelling iium-412742016-05-08T06:48:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/41274/ Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries Moten, Abdul Rashid BL Religion JF Political institutions (General) A content analysis of the Qur’an shows that it lays utmost importance on the realization of justice and conversely the eradication of injustice in society. A historical analysis found that social justice was prevalent in Mecca under the leadership of Prophet Muhammad and was also practiced during the period of the first four rightly guided caliphs (Khulafa-e-rashidun). Since then, the successive Muslim majority states have not taken the issue of social justice seriously. These states have failed in taking an active role in uplifting the ethical and moral standards of society. The documentary analysis of the existing 49 states in the Muslim world found majority of these states to have deviated from the real spirit of Islamic social justice falling within the category of “failed states.” Versita, Warsaw 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41274/1/social_justice.pdf Moten, Abdul Rashid (2013) Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries. Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, 10 (1). pp. 7-25. ISSN 1584-1057 E-ISSN 2065-5002 https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=cultura&id=cultura_2013_0010_0001_0007_0024
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JF Political institutions (General)
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JF Political institutions (General)
Moten, Abdul Rashid
Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries
description A content analysis of the Qur’an shows that it lays utmost importance on the realization of justice and conversely the eradication of injustice in society. A historical analysis found that social justice was prevalent in Mecca under the leadership of Prophet Muhammad and was also practiced during the period of the first four rightly guided caliphs (Khulafa-e-rashidun). Since then, the successive Muslim majority states have not taken the issue of social justice seriously. These states have failed in taking an active role in uplifting the ethical and moral standards of society. The documentary analysis of the existing 49 states in the Muslim world found majority of these states to have deviated from the real spirit of Islamic social justice falling within the category of “failed states.”
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author Moten, Abdul Rashid
author_facet Moten, Abdul Rashid
author_sort Moten, Abdul Rashid
title Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries
title_short Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries
title_full Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries
title_fullStr Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries
title_full_unstemmed Social justice, Islamic state and Muslim countries
title_sort social justice, islamic state and muslim countries
publisher Versita, Warsaw
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/41274/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/41274/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/41274/1/social_justice.pdf
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