Constructing an alternative concept of Islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach
The common perception of Islamic governance is a dark image of a non-democratic and autocratic system, or a dictatorship with iron claws, or the governance of the cleric elite with the infringement of people’s freedom under the banner of religion. This is mainly due to the fiqhi ‘legal positivistic’...
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| description | The common perception of Islamic governance is a dark image of a non-democratic and autocratic system, or a dictatorship with iron claws, or the governance of the cleric elite with the infringement of people’s freedom under the banner of religion. This is mainly due to the fiqhi ‘legal positivistic’ framework that often used to explain issues concerning governance by mostly traditionalist and Islamicist scholars. Humanistic governance based on the preservation of the dignity of human beings, which has been the focal point in Islamic tenets, the inviolability of life, and responsible freedom should be explored and promoted as another alternative voice of the dominating conventional fiqhi ‘legal positivistic’ hegemony. Thus, a new ijtihad (reasoning) in dealing with the subject is absolutely mandatory. This paper will look into a new approach to governance from the ‘consequentialistic’ approach inspired by the general theory of Maqasid al-Shari’ah. This research will explore some conceptual grounds for the exploration by looking into epistemological dimension of governance from Islamic sources and principles through ‘inductive qualitative method’ to critically analyse the texts, as part of the deconstruction of discourse. |
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| spelling | iium-567972017-05-17T06:51:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56797/ Constructing an alternative concept of Islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach Malik, Maszlee BP1 Islam BP173.63 Islam and civil society The common perception of Islamic governance is a dark image of a non-democratic and autocratic system, or a dictatorship with iron claws, or the governance of the cleric elite with the infringement of people’s freedom under the banner of religion. This is mainly due to the fiqhi ‘legal positivistic’ framework that often used to explain issues concerning governance by mostly traditionalist and Islamicist scholars. Humanistic governance based on the preservation of the dignity of human beings, which has been the focal point in Islamic tenets, the inviolability of life, and responsible freedom should be explored and promoted as another alternative voice of the dominating conventional fiqhi ‘legal positivistic’ hegemony. Thus, a new ijtihad (reasoning) in dealing with the subject is absolutely mandatory. This paper will look into a new approach to governance from the ‘consequentialistic’ approach inspired by the general theory of Maqasid al-Shari’ah. This research will explore some conceptual grounds for the exploration by looking into epistemological dimension of governance from Islamic sources and principles through ‘inductive qualitative method’ to critically analyse the texts, as part of the deconstruction of discourse. 2016-08 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56797/1/56797_paper.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56797/2/56797_tentative.docx.pdf Malik, Maszlee (2016) Constructing an alternative concept of Islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach. In: The 9th Annual Summer Institute for Scholars, 8th-13th Aug. 2016, Virginia, Washington DC. (Unpublished) http://www.iiit.org/2016---program-details-and-call-for-abstracts.html |
| spellingShingle | BP1 Islam BP173.63 Islam and civil society Malik, Maszlee Constructing an alternative concept of Islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach |
| title | Constructing an alternative concept of Islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach |
| title_full | Constructing an alternative concept of Islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach |
| title_fullStr | Constructing an alternative concept of Islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Constructing an alternative concept of Islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach |
| title_short | Constructing an alternative concept of Islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach |
| title_sort | constructing an alternative concept of islamic governance: a ‘maqasidic-consequentialism’ approach |
| topic | BP1 Islam BP173.63 Islam and civil society |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/56797/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56797/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56797/1/56797_paper.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/56797/2/56797_tentative.docx.pdf |