Contemporary Islamist Perspectives on International Relations: Mainstream Voices from the Sunni and Shii...

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Sami Baroudi

Contemporary Islamist Perspectives on International Relations

Mainstream Voices from the Sunni and Shii Arab World

Sami Baroudi

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English

Peter Lang Publishing Inc
16 March 2022

Islamic life & practice; Religious life & practice; Religious & theocratic ideologies; International relations

This book lies at the intersection of two important and expanding fields of study: Political Islam and International Relations (IR). It contributes to both fields by analyzing the discourses of six moderate-reformist (mainstream) scholar sheikhs from the Sunni and Shii Arab World of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Four of the scholar sheikhs are Sunni Egyptians who received their education at al-Azhar and/or maintained a long-term affiliation with the institution. They are Mahmoud Shaltut (1893-1963), Muhammad Abu Zahra (1897-1974), Muhammad al-Bahi (1905-1982), and Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926- ). The fifth is the Sunni Syrian Sheikh Wahbah al-Zuhaili (1932-2015). Finally, there is Sayyid Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935-2010), a renowned Lebanese Shia cleric, who received his religious training at al-Hawza in Najaf, Iraq, the Shia equivalent of al-Azhar.

The aims of the book are three: (1) to demonstrate the presence of a moderate-reformist (mainstream) strand within political Islam that advocates a different perspective on international relations from that of the radical Islamists; (2) to identify and scrutinize the principal elements of this mainstream perspective, while underscoring the variations with it; and (3) to situate the international relations’ discourses of the examined mainstream Islamist scholar sheikhs within their proper historic and ideational contexts.

The book appeals to a wide and diverse readership that is not restricted to specialists. While academics and graduate students working on political Islam and/or the Middle East are its primary audience, the work is written in an accessible style, that is kept free of academic jargon, that any reader who is proficient in English and interested in political Islam and/or theories of international relations can enjoy reading and engage with the main arguments.

By: Sami Baroudi
Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 150mm,
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781433193576
ISBN 10: 1433193574
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 16 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sami E. Baroudi is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Lebanon. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University, Bloomington. His publications focus on the political economy of Lebanon and Egypt, internal Lebanese politics, US-Lebanese relations, Arab intellectuals’ perceptions of the United States, the ideational origins of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and, more recently, on how moderate-reformist (mainstream) Islamists perceive international relations.