ISLAMIC POLITICAL THEORY (STATECRAFT) VOLUME 2

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First Pages a1
PREFACE 11
INTRODUCTION 13
SESSION 24 17
GRAND STRATEGIES IN THE REALM OF GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION (PART 1) 0
THE EXIGENCY OF GOVERNMENT 0
DIFFERENT APPROACHES ON OBJECTIVES OF EXECUTIVE POWER 18
AIM OF PROPHETS (‘A) IN ESTABLISHING GOVERNMENT 20
IMPACT OF SOCIAL CHALLENGES ON CONDUCT OF LIBERAL SYSTEM 21
REASON BEHIND INDIVIDUALS’ INCLINATION TOWARDS LIBERALISM 22
A PERSPECTIVE ON THE STRUCTURE OF ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT AND STATE 23
THE GOVERNMENT MUST BE ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE 24
SESSION 25 27
GRAND STRATEGIES IN THE REALM OF GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION (PART 2) 0
GOVERNMENT AS PERPETUALLY NEEDED BY HUMAN SOCIETY 0
NEED FOR GOVERNMENT ACCORDING TO ISLAM AND THE QUR’AN 28
THE EXIGENCY AND SOURCE OF POWER 29
ADMINISTRATORS MUST BE GOD-WARY AND MORALLY SOUND 31
AN EXAMINATION OF THE LEGITIMACY OF GOVERNMENT IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 0
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISLAMIC AND LIBERAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEGITIMACY 33
SESSION 26 37
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS OF STATE AND ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 0
EXCLUSIVE FUNCTIONS OF STATE 0
DUAL STRUCTURE OF FUNCTIONS OF STATE 39
NEED OF ORGANIZATIONS DEALING WITH LOW-INCOME STRATA OF SOCIETY 40
THE ISLAMIC PAVING OF GROUND FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 42
FACTORS UNDERMINING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 0
STATUS OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN ISLAM 43
NEW WAYS OF OPPOSING ISLAMIC CRITERIA FOR SELECTION 44
NEED TO PRESERVE ISLAMIC VALUES AND PRINCIPLES AND COUNTER ENEMY PLOTS 46
SESSION 27 47
A PERSPECTIVE ON THE DISTINCTIVE STRUCTURE OF THE ISLAMIC STATE 0
FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT IN ISLAMIC AND SECULAR SYSTEMS 0
PRESENTATION OF A SECULAR STATE MODEL BY THOSE ENAMORED BY WESTERN CULTURE 48
STATE’S MISSION TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE ISLAMIC MOTTOS 0
METHODS EMPLOYED BY THE STATE TO FULFILL ITS RESPONSIBILITIES 49
MODEL OF TOTALITARIAN AND LIBERAL STATES 50
ISLAM’S IDEALISTIC AND REALISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON STATE 52
DEFECTS OF A STATE’S CENTRALIZED SYSTEM 54
SESSION 28 57
OBSERVANCE OF VALUES AND LEGITIMATE FREEDOM IN AN ISLAMIC STATE 0
A GLANCE AT THE STATE’S RAISON D’ÊTRE 0
FIRST PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN CONDUCT 59
ISLAM’S INSTRUCTIVE APPROACH IN ENACTING PENAL AND CRIMINAL LAWS 60
THE STATE’S FIXED AND ALTERABLE DUTIES 62
DIFFERENCE IN MANNER OF IMPLEMENTING LAWS BETWEEN ISLAMIC AND OTHER STATES 63
SESSION 29 67
THE POLITICAL HIERARCHY IN THE ISLAMIC STATE 0
SPECIFIC DUTIES OF AN ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT 0
QUALIFICATIONS OF ISLAMIC STATE OFFICIALS 68
1. Knowledge of law 0
2. Moral excellence 69
3. Managerial skill and experience 0
NECESSITY OF DETERMINING ORIGIN OF STATESMEN’S QUALIFICATIONS 70
REJECTING THE VALUE-LADEN APPROACH OF KANT IN THE REALM OF BEHAVIOR 0
ISLAM’S NON-JUDGMENTAL APPROACH IN VALUE-GIVING AND ASSIGNING DUTIES 72
WORSHIP HAS DIFFERENT DEGREES OF VALUE 73
CATEGORIZED MODELS OF ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT 74
RATIONAL PROOF OF THE WILĀYAH AL-FAQĪH SYSTEM 75
SESSION 30 79
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ABSOLUTE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE JURIST AND THE ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENT 0
BALANCE BETWEEN PREROGATIVES AND DUTIES IN THE ISLAMIC STATE 0
CONNECTION BETWEEN ABSOLUTE GUARDIANSHIP [WILĀYAT-E MUTLAQ] AND GOVERNMENT PREROGATIVES 80
PEOPLE’S SKEPTICISM ON ABSOLUTE GUARDIANSHIP 0
INVESTIGATING THE STRUCTURE OF ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT 81
1. The extensiveness and irrevocability of Islamic laws 82
2. Presentation of government models derived from Islam 83
PRECEDENCE OF THE NOTION OF “STATE WITHIN A STATE” IN ISLAM 84
IMĀM KHOMEINĪ’S PRESENTATION OF “ABSOLUTE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE JURIST 86
DESCRIPTION OF WILĀYAT AL-FAQĪH IN THE MAQBŪLAH OF ‘UMAR IBN ḤANẓALAH’ 88
ISLAM’S VIEW ON SEPARATION OF POWERS 90
GROUNDS FOR OVERLAPPING OF FUNCTIONS 91
SESSION 31 93
AN EXAMINATION AND CRITICISM OF THE THEORY OF SEPARATION OF POWERS 0
HISTORICAL TREND LEADING TO THE THEORY OF SEPARATION OF POWERS 0
REASONS BEHIND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS 94
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF TOTALLY SEPARATING AND DELINEATING THE POWERS 95
NEED FOR AN INSTITUTION THAT COORDINATES AND SUPERVISES THE THREE POWERS 97
WILĀYAH AL-FAQĪH AS THE UNIFYING AXIS OF SOCIETY AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM 98
SESSION 32 101
THE EXIGENCY OF ELUCIDATING THE IDEOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE ISLAMIC SYSTEM 0
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING THE ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT 0
1. General understanding 0
2. Specialized and technical understanding 102
3. Average understanding 103
A REVIEW OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LAW AND ITS NECESSITY 104
ANOTHER REVIEW OF THE QUALITIES OF THE IMPLEMENTERS OF ISLAMIC LAWS 105
THEORETICAL CONNECTION OF ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT WITH IDEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES AND FOUNDATIONS 106
LOGICAL AND RATIONAL BASIS OF ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT’S LINEAR DEGREES 107
PRESENTING SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT 108
SESSION 33 111
ISLAM AND DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT 0
SKEPTICISM ON ISLAM’S ALLEGED LACK OF GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND PROGRAM 0
REFUTING THE ABOVEMENTIONED SKEPTICISM AND STATING THE ISLAMIC VIEWPOINT ON THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT 113
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PRESENTING A FIXED GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE 0
SKEPTICISM ON ALLEGED TEMPORAL AND WORLDLY NATURE OF GOVERNMENT AND OBSOLETENESS OF ISLAMIC LAWS 115
REFUTATION OF THE ABOVE AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ISLAM’S IMMUTABLE AND ALTERABLE LAWS 116
DIVINE LAWS’ JURISDICTION ENCOMPASSES ALL SPHERES OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES 120
SESSION 34 123
THE POSITION OF ISLAMIC LAWS AND OUR SYSTEM’S SUPERIORITY OVER OTHER SYSTEMS 0
CONNECTION OF THE IMMUTABLE LAWS OF ISLAM WITH GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ALTERABLE LAWS 0
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LAWS AND THE SECONDARY LAWS’ ALLEGED CONFLICT WITH ISLAM 124
SHORTCOMINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS 127
EXIGENCY OF THE POWERS’ COORDINATING AGENCY 128
THE COORDINATION OF POWERS IN THE WILĀYAH AL-FAQĪH SYSTEM 129
THE WILĀYAH AL-FAQĪH SYSTEM’S SUPERIORITY OVER OTHER SYSTEMS 130
1. Internal cohesion 0
2. Internal and external executive guarantee 131
3. The Leader possessing the highest degree of piety and merit 133
4. Observance of the spiritual and real interests of human beings 134
SESSION 35 137
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FREEDOM, STATE AND LAWS 0
THE ALLEGED INCOMPATIBILITY OF AN APPOINTED RULER WITH FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY 0
EXAMINING INTRINSIC FREEDOM AND NEGATING THE THEORY OF PREDETERMINATION 0
NO CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE INTERNALLY VALUE-ORIENTED SYSTEM AND FREEDOM 139
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RELIGIOUS, OBLIGATIONS AND FREEDOM 141
THE CONNECTION OF HUDŪD AND TA‘ZĪRĀT WITH FREEDOM 143
THE EXISTENCE OF STATE AND LAWS NEGATES ABSOLUTE FREEDOM 145
THE EXIGENCY OF LINKING SOVEREIGNTY WITH ALLAH 146
SESSION 36 151
NEED FOR DECISIVENESS IN IMPLEMENTING ISLAMIC ORDINANCES 0
SOCIAL IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTION AND THE NECESSITY OF GOVERNMENT 152
THE LEGITIMATE SOURCE OF GOVERNMENT AND THE ENIGMAS OF DEMOCRACY 0
1. First objection 153
2. Second objection 0
3. Third objection 154
THE GOVERNMENT’S LEGITIMACY IN ISLAM 155
THE PROPHETS AND THEIR WAY OF GUIDING PEOPLE 156
THE NEED TO REMOVE OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY OF GUIDANCE 157
THE NECESSITY OF PRESERVING DIVINE VALUES AND NEGATING WESTERN VALUES 159
DECISIVENESS IN IMPLEMENTING LAWS AND STRUGGLING AGAINST ENEMIES OF THE SYSTEM 160
WARNING PEOPLE AGAINST CONSPIRATORS AND MERCENARIES 162
SESSION 37 165
A SCRUTINY OF THE ISSUE OF VIOLENCE 0
THE ENEMIES’ SINISTER PROPAGANDA AND ACTIVITIES AGAINST ISLAM 0
THE WEST AND ITS PRETENTIOUS DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS 166
RESORTING TO VIOLENCE AND PLOTTING TO TOPPLE DOWN THE ISLAMIC SYSTEM 167
PAVING THE GROUND FOR THE ABSENCE OF PEOPLE FROM THE SCENE 168
THE EXIGENCY OF CONFRONTING CULTURAL CONSPIRACIES AND MISGIVINGS ABOUT RELIGIOUS SANCTITIES 169
ISLAM’S DESCRIPTION OF GOD’S MERCY AND WRATH 172
THE NECESSITY OF CONFRONTING ENEMIES AND HYPOCRITES, AND ELIMINATING IMPEDIMENTS TO GUIDANCE 174
OPPOSITION TO THE PENAL AND CRIMINAL LAWS OF ISLAM 176
VIOLENT MEASURES NOT CONFINED TO THE DOMAIN OF PENAL AND CRIMINAL LAWS 177
ISLAM AND THE NEED TO ANSWER ALL ACADEMIC OBJECTIONS UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES 180
CONFRONTING THE CONSPIRACIES AND REACTION OF FOREIGNERS 181
THE QUR’AN AND THE NEED TO REPUDIATE AND BE INIMICAL TO ITS ENEMIES 182
SESSION 38 185
CONFRONTATION OF WESTERN IDEAS AND BELIEFS’ WITH ISLAMIC LAWS 0
THE CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT AND PROPAGATION OF WESTERN VALUES 0
SOME WRITERS’ DISPLEASURE AT THE PRESENTATION OF IDEAL FREEDOM IN ISLAM 186
ISLAMIC DECREE ON ENEMY COMBATANTS AND AGENTS OF CORRUPTION ON EARTH 187
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LACK OF DECISIVE STEP AGAINST CONSPIRATORS 188
IRRESPONSIBLE STANCES AGAINST THE ISSUE OF VIOLENCE 190
AN EXAMINATION OF THE SYNONYM OF THE WORD “VIOLENCE” IN THE QUR’AN 0
THE WESTERN AND ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF TOLERANCE 191
SESSION 39 195
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIVITY OF VALUES AND RELIGIOUS NARRATIVES 0
RELIGION AS ABSOLUTE OR RELATIVE 0
THREE APPROACHES ON THE RELATIVITY OF KNOWLEDGE 0
1. First approach on the relativity of knowledge 196
2. Second approach on the relativity of knowledge (relativity of values) 197
THE ABSOLUTENESS AND INALTERABILITY OF SOME VALUES 198
THE BASIS OF ABSOLUTENESS OF SOME VALUES 200
THE RELATIVITY OF ALL VALUES AND RELIGIOUS NARRATIVES IN WESTERN CULTURE 0
3. Third approach on the relativity of knowledge (relativity of religious knowledge) 202
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE DOMAIN OF RELATIVE INTERPRETATIONS AND THE DOMAIN OF ABSOLUTE INTERPRETATIONS 204
SESSION 40 207
RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE: FICTION OR TRUE REFLECTION? 0
THE STATUS OF REALISTIC AND UNREALISTIC LANGUAGES 0
THE MOTIVE OF INTRODUCING THE LANGUAGE OF RELIGION AS SYMBOLIC AND UNREALISTIC 208
WESTERNIZED INTELLECTUALS, THE PROMOTERS OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY OF RELIGION 210
ECLECTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE STORY OF HĀBĪL AND QĀBĪL 211
THE PRESENTATION OF AN AMBIGUOUS IMAGE OF RELIGION 213
COMPARING THE QUR’AN WITH THE LANGUAGE OF POETRY AS A JUSTIFICATION OF PLURALIST INTERPRETATIONS 214
THE PLURALITY OF INTERPRETATIONS AND TRENDS OF KNOWLEDGE IN HERMENEUTICS 217
WORDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THEIR ARRIVING AT DIFFERENT TRUTHS 218
THE POSSIBILITY OF ACQUIRING ABSOLUTE AND REAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE QUR’AN 219
THE RELATIVISTS’ UNFOUNDED CLAIM OF QUR’ANIC LANGUAGE BEING UNREAL 220
IMĀM ‘ALĪ’S (‘A) EXPRESSION OF CONCERN OVER CULTURAL CONFUSION AND THE DISTORTION OF RELIGION 222
THE NECESSITY OF REMOVING PERSONAL PREFERENCES FROM THE DOMAIN OF RELIGION 225
INDEX 227

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