The Sovereignty of God in Modern Islamic Thought

The sovereignty of God and related ideas have had a prominent place in Islamist discourses. Key figures like Mawdudi of Pakistan and Qutb of Egypt have argued that anything less than exclusive submission to God's law, and all that it necessitates in religious and political terms, is idolatry. Y...

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Published inJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 389 - 418
Main Author ZAMAN, MUHAMMAD QASIM
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.07.2015
Subjects
20th century
21st century
Asian history
Egyptian literature
God
Gods
Islam
Islamism
Muslims
Political power
Politics
Quran
Qutb, Sayyid (1906-1966)
Religious thought
South Asia
Sovereignty
Theology
Lahore Pakistan
Karachi Pakistan
Pakistan
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Summary:The sovereignty of God and related ideas have had a prominent place in Islamist discourses. Key figures like Mawdudi of Pakistan and Qutb of Egypt have argued that anything less than exclusive submission to God's law, and all that it necessitates in religious and political terms, is idolatry. Yet the idea of the sovereignty of God has been invoked by many more people than the Islamists, and it has meant quite different things in different quarters. Focusing on South Asia, this paper seeks to shed some new light on the provenance of this idea, on how and to what purpose it has been deployed in religious and political argument, and what the debates on it might tell us about rival conceptions of Islam.
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ISSN:1356-1863
2051-2066
1474-0591
DOI:10.1017/S1356186315000164