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A brief consideration of the classical concept of the state in Islam and its relevance for contemporary thought and action may be useful. Oversimplified, historical continuity can be preserved and reactivated as a positive force in a Muslim polity in one of two ways: either by the renewal of Islam as a faith and way of life with or without the Sharī‘a or a part of it; or by a secularised Islam, that is, part of a Muslim's mental being: an historical memory of value and meaning; an indispensable cultural heritage to be integrated with contemporary philosophical and scientific trends.
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A brief consideration of the classical concept of the state in Islam and its relevance for contemporary thought and action may be useful. Oversimplified, historical continuity can be preserved and reactivated as a positive force in a Muslim polity in one of two ways: either by the renewal of Islam as a faith and way of life with or without the Sharī‘a or a part of it; or by a secularised Islam, that is, part of a Muslim's mental being: an historical memory of value and meaning; an indispensable cultural heritage to be integrated with contemporary philosophical and scientific trends.
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