TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,L.Carl
TI  - Religion and State: the Muslim approach to politics 
SN  - 9780231120388
U1  - 297.272 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Islam and state
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - History of state-religion relations
KW  - Modern Islamist movements
N1  - includes index (p. 237-256); Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-236)
N2  - This book examines how Islam has historically related to politics, showing that Muslim traditions were diverse and often leaned toward political quietism rather than the strict Islamist model. By comparing Islam with Christianity and Judaism, Brown highlights both shared challenges and distinct features in handling religion–state relations. He argues that modern disruptions such as colonialism, nationalism, and Western secular ideas transformed this relationship, giving rise to new Islamist movements led by figures like Hassan al-Banna, Abul Ala Mawdudi, Sayyid Qutb, and Ayatollah Khomeini. Brown concludes that the claim of an inseparable, timeless fusion of Islam and politics is overstated; contemporary Islamism represents a reinterpretation rather than a restoration of the past
ER  -