Islam as an ethical tradition of international relations

This article explores the ethical traditions of Islam in order to examine its potential as a source that would help precipitate ethical and peaceful, as opposed to political and conflictual, relations between nations, faiths, and cultural groups. While using philosophical and ethical categories borr...

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Published in:Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Main Author: Khan, M. A. Muqtedar 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 1997
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Further subjects:B International law
B International Law
B Ethics
B Islam
B Ethics / Sittenlehre
B Literaturverzeichnis / Bibliographie
B Bibliography
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:This article explores the ethical traditions of Islam in order to examine its potential as a source that would help precipitate ethical and peaceful, as opposed to political and conflictual, relations between nations, faiths, and cultural groups. While using philosophical and ethical categories borrowed from the Western epistemes, this paper in a way reintroduces Islam as an ethical tradition. Given the significance that Islamic sentiments and Islamic symbolism have for a billion people and over fifty nation states, this paper recommends the inclusion of Islamic traditions in discourses whose concern is the proliferation of ethical consideration in international and intercultural relations. Having said that, the paper proceeds to elaborate foundations for an Islamic ethic of international relations.
ISSN:0959-6410
Contains:In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09596419708721119