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Consolidated monarchies in the post-'Arab Spring' era: the case of Jordan / Koprulu, Nur   Journal Article
Koprulu, Nur Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract The Arab monarchies remain relatively stable, largely unaffected by the 'Arab Spring' upheavals. In particular, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has emerged relatively unscathed from the region's uprisings. The Jordanian case helps underscore the extent to which the polarization between Palestinian-Jordanians and native Jordanians continues to dominate the nature of public debate and political reform. While initially the 'Arab Spring' generated a spirit of cooperation between these two communities with calls to tackle unemployment culminating in demands for democratization, the persisting schism between them resurfaced when public debates on electoral law commenced. This article analyses the roots and ramifications of the 'Arab Spring' in Jordan, as well as the resilience of the kingdom to the nascent social upheavals.
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God's Kingdom on earth: politics of Islam in Pakistan, 1947-1969 / Qasmi, Ali Usman   Journal Article
Qasmi, Ali Usman Journal Article
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Publication 2010.
Summary/Abstract This paper evaluates in detail the policies adopted and the religious ideas held by the power elite of Pakistan during the years from 1947 to 1969. It has been argued that the religious worldview of the power elite was shaped by the discourse of Islamic modernism which allowed envisioning of a state in which (at least theoretically) democracy, rights of minorities, sovereignty of the parliament and flexibility of Islamic laws could be propagated as the guiding principles of the state. Also, by focusing on the life and ideas of Ghulam Ahmad Parvez and by disclosing the details of his close connivance with General Ayyub Khan during the 1960s, the paper will highlight the steps taken to institutionalize Islamic modernism in Pakistan.
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