Islam beyond Borders: The Umma in World Politics

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dc.contributor.authorPiscatori, James
dc.contributor.authorSaikal, Amin
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-08T00:43:14Z
dc.date.available2020-05-08T00:43:14Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2022-11-13T07:19:45Z
dc.description.abstractAssuming a central place in Muslim life, the Qur'an speaks of one community of the faith, the umma. This unity of the faithful is recognised as the default aspiration of the believer, and in the modern era, intellectuals and political leaders have often vied both to define and lead it. Based on case studies of actors such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and ISIS, the authors consider how some appeals to pan-Islam prove useful, yet other attempts at cross-border institutionalisation including the Sunni Caliphate or the modern Shi'a-inspired Islamic Revolution, founder on political self-interest and sectarian affiliations. Accompanied by a range of scriptural references to examine different interpretations of the umma, the authors explore why, despite it meaning such widely different things, and its failure to be realised as a concrete project, neither the umma's popular symbolic appeal nor its influence on a politics of identity has diminished.
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dc.identifier.isbn9781108740555en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/203898
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.isversionof1st Edition
dc.rights© 2019
dc.source.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/books/islam-beyond-borders/FE34E78573C9968336CAA92EEC518D8Cen_AU
dc.titleIslam beyond Borders: The Umma in World Politics
dc.typeBook
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage217en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationCambridge
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationPiscatori, James, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSaikal, Amin, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidPiscatori, James, u4442428en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidSaikal, Amin, u8300826en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor220403 - Islamic Studiesen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu8701575xPUB405en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1017/9781108666589en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu8701575en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.cambridge.org/en_AU
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