The Islamic Welfare State

Muslim Charity, Human Security, and Government Legitimacy in Pakistan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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The Islamic Welfare State explains the relationship between government legitimacy, everyday security, and lived Islam in Pakistan-a major Muslim-majority country. Its humanitarian spirit makes Islam a compelling, community-strengthening faith that motivates people to provide essential services to the needy, to foster moral sentiments that build social solidarity, and to thereby challenge the legitimacy of government with its focus on 'protecting Islam' and 'national security' rather than enhancing the lives of ordinary people. The book surveys four kinds of Islamic charities-traditional, professional, partisan, and state. The focus is on ground realities, on the activities of welfare workers and beneficiaries, mostly patients and students from low-income families. The attention to the different political sentiments that different kinds of charity foster allows us to better understand politics and political change in Pakistan and across the Muslim world.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-07-04
Mått160 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt685 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009268431

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List of Illustrations; Translation and Transliteration; Glossary; Preface; Acknowledgements; Section I. Introduction; 1. Islam and the Social Welfare Ideal; Section II. Piety and Public Goods; 2. The Good of Government; 3. Social Welfare in a Muslim Society; Section III. Pakistan; 4. Muslim Identities and Parties; 5. Everyday Public Security and Insecurity; Section IV. Charities; 6. Methods of Discovery; 7. Traditional Islamic Charities; 8. Professional Islamic Charities; 9. Partisan Islamic Charities; 10. State Islamic Charities; Section V. Religion, State, and Public Goods; 11. Religious Provision of Public Goods; 12. Sentiments of the 'Islamic Welfare State; Bibliography; Index.