The Principles of State and Government in Islam

Asad, Muhammad

ISBN 10: 9839154095 / ISBN 13: 9789839154092

Published by Islamic Book Trust, 1980

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Principles of State and Government in Islam
• Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9839154095
• ISBN 13: 9789839154092
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The very fact that none of the existing Muslim countries has so far achieved a form of government that could be termed genuinely Islamic, makes a discussion of the principles that underlie the constitution of Islamic state imperative. This book is an attempt to keep that discussion alive.

About the Author

Muhammad Asad, born Leopard Weiss in the Polish city of Lvov in 1900, was the grandson of an orthodox Rabbi. By this early twenties he could write and read German, Franch and Polish languages. He took to journalism and travelled Middle East as the correspondent of 'Franfurter Zeitung' of Germany.

After his conversion to Islam, he again travelled and worked throughout the Muslim world, including Arabia, Iran, Jordan, North Africa and Pakistan, In 1953 he was appointed as Pakistan's plenipotentiary to the United Nations. He moved to Morocco where he completed his magnum opus, the 'Message of the Qur'an.' He later settled in Lisbon where he died on 20th February 1992.

Asad's other works include 'Islam at the Crossroads', 'Road to Mecca,' Principles of State and Government in Islam', and 'Sahih Bukhari: Early Years of Islam.'