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A snapshot of the summary - Contested Universalities of International Law. Islam's struggle with modernity
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1 Artikel van Ebrahim Afsah
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1.1 Welcome and introduction
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Legal norms contained in dogmatic texts, be they religious or constitutional in nature, often diverge substantially from the observed social realityTrue
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There is only one state model and the administrative capabilities of all states, that is their ability to deliver services, establish order, and carry out executive decisions, are very similar.False
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States that are unable to deliver adequate services to their citizens will have to deal with the effects of popular dissatisfaction that can take many forms including violent arrests.True
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Rather than looking at many different variables, individuals and groups can best be understood by focussing on a very small set of essential characteristics that determine how they think, feel and act.False
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According to the instructor, essentialism should be avoided, because it is: empirical not sustainable (duurzaam); analytically not helpful; normatively not defensible.All the answers
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1.2 Presenting the region
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Characteristics of the Golden Age of Islam?-great tolerance
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Islamic political thought has been struggling with developing a realistic theory of government that takes account of the division of spiritual and political authority.True
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Remember the diversities in the population-ethnic
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Which factor contributed to the rapid (military) expansion of Muslim rule?Accommodation of domestic customs
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Which country has relatively weak government tradition: Egypt - Afghanistan - TurkeyAfghanistan
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The following topics are covered in this summary
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1798, egypt, modernisation
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muslim, modernity, poor
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adaption, religion, models
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arab, failure, youth
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law, legal, islamic
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muslim, western, false
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turkey, kemalism, asian
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system, empire, ottoman
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ottoman, political, minorities
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military, turkish, victories
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principles, constitutional, statism
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turkey, eu, europe
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ottoman, empire, ethnic
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egypt, arab, minorities
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french, africa, colonial
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ali's, british, muhammad
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mandate, system, political
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saudi, true, withdraw
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true, egypt, union
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mandate, false, nationalise
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protection, military, western
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british, saudi, arabia
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gulf, states, arabia
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state, political, ability