Islam and the State in Ibn Taymiyya will appeal to academics in the fields of political science and religious studies, particularly within the field of Islamic history. The translations are thoroughly annotated making it an easy read for non-specialists.
Jaan S. Islam is a PhD Candidate of Islamic Studies and AHRC Doctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He has multiple publications in comparative political thought, and currently studies Salafi-Jihadism and decolonial political theory. Islam's forthcoming papers include an analysis of postmodern influences on jihadist thought, and a linguistic and in-tellectual history of Salafism.
Adem Eryigit is an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Igdir. He has numerous publications in Islamic theology, and his latest book studies the political thought of Ibn Taymiyya and his theory of jihad. Eryigit previously studied for eight years in Mecca, and completed his PhD at the University of Ankara.
Part I: Introduction 1: Introduction 2: The Works: Their Author, Significance Part II: The Translation 3: The Translation (Part One): The Office of Islamic Government 4: The Translation (Part Two): Ordering Good and Prohibiting Evil 5: The Translation (Part Three): The Compiled Fatwas, The Prophetic Way Against the Shi¿ites, and 'Islamic Governance' on the Importance of Islamic Government Part III: Analysis 6: Analysis and Comparison of Ibn Taymiyya's Political Thought and Feasibility of the Islamic State 7: The Caliphate and the Nation-State: Navigating Ibn Taymiyya in a (post-)Modern World Glossary References Index