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BOOK REVIEW: ISLAM AND GOOD GOVERNANCE, A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF IHSAN, PROFESSOR MUQTEDAR KHAN
Islam and Good Governance, A Political Philosophy of Ihsan, Book Review.
Islam and Good Governance:
A Political Philosophy of Ihsan
Professor Muhammad Abdul Muqtedar Khan is a well-established Muslim scholar who cites the hadith that Allah has commanded Ihsan in all things, in his new book Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan, and asks so why not in politics?
Ihsan: Generally, it means doing things excellently, beautifully, and charitably. In the famous hadith (record of words and actions of Muhamad), where Gabriel asks Prophet Muhamad what ihsan is, he replied that it means “to worship God as though you see Him, and if you cannot see Him, then indeed He sees you” (reported in the two canonical collections of Al-Bukhari and Al-Muslim; see also Khan 2019). Here, the meaning of worship extends beyond rituals and prayers. ” Researchgate
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WHAT DO ARABS THINK ABOUT AMERICA? ASK GOOGLE!!
The Twin Cities Arab Film Festival last month featured almost 40 films from 15 different Arab countries. Films are a great medium where Arabs get to tell their own stories.
I saw a film by the Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, “It Must Be Heaven,” a story of a Palestinian who left his hometown looking for another place to call home, moving around, from Paris to New York. What was different about this film is that Suleiman used humor and imagination to tell the Palestinian story, and for a change portrayed Palestinians as more than just participants in a political conflict.
Suleiman also took the liberty of invoking stereotypes about the West. Why should the West have all the fun? In “It Must Be Heaven,” you see Paris streets filled with lovemaking, models and fashion shows. In New York, streets are filled with police, crime and drugs. Shoppers in supermarkets carry machine guns instead of shopping bags.
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