“Islamic Republics”: The Place of Islam in Republican Arab Constitutions Cover Image

“Islamic Republics”: The Place of Islam in Republican Arab Constitutions
“Islamic Republics”: The Place of Islam in Republican Arab Constitutions

Author(s): Elif Nur Erkan Balci
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Islam studies, Government/Political systems, Politics and religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
Keywords: Sharia; Constitution; Islamic state; Religion;

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the calling of Arab republics as Islamic state by examining their constitutions. Also the article assumes that a „holistic approach‟ which calls all republican Arab states as „Islamic state‟ is wrong. This holistic approach which is mainly developed by the Orientalist tradition is problematic because it establishes the Islamic order/state as an absolute other of the pluralist system of the West. Therefore, the article aims to problematize this holistic approach by showing that visibility degrees of Islam in their constitutions are different in all Arab republics.

  • Issue Year: 3/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 114-127
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English