African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (643 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812239628 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of Toward an Islamic Reformation (1990). Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. He is also editor of several books, including Human Rights Under African Constitutions and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives, both available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Constitutional governance has not been, nor will be, easily achieved, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im argues. Ultimately, these issues will determine the long-term sustainability of constitutionalism in Africa.. By examining the incremental successes that some African nations have already achieved and An-Na'im reveals the contingent role that Islam has to play in this process. The role of Islam in these endeavors is open to challenge and reformulation, and should not be taken for granted or assumed to be necessarily negative or positive, An-Na'im asserts, and he emphasizes the role of the agency of Muslims in the process of adapting constitutionalism to the values and practices of their own societies. Constitutionalism is steadily becoming the prevalent form of governance in Africa. But setbacks and difficulties are to be expected in the process of adaptation and indigenization of an essentially alien concept—that of of nation-state—and its role in large-scale political and social organization.An-Na'im discusses the problems of implementing constitutionalized fo
Book Recognizes Constitutional Successes in Africa Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University A new book by Emory Law Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im explores why African countries are highly skeptical of external political structures--especially those that emerge from the West--being imposed upon their populations.The skepticism is due in part to the lingering legacy of European colonialization, and resistance is compounded in Islamic African countries, says An-Na`im in African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam (University of Pennsylvania Press), the newest volume to emerge from the Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR)."The current global environment has enhanced a preexisting `siege' mentality which makes
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