Islamic Law and Governance in Contemporary Iran: Transcending Islam for Social, Economic, and Political Order

by Mehran Tamadonfar

Book Overview

The current rise of Islamism throughout the Muslim world, Islamists' demand for the establishment of Islamic states, and their destabilizing impact on regional and global orders have raised important questions about the origins of Islamism and the nature of an Islamic state. Beginning with the Iranian revolution of the late 1970s and the establishment of the Islamic Republic to today's rise of ISIS to prominence, it has become increasingly apparent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498507581
• ISBN13: 9781498507585
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"