Islam and temporal powers
Islam and temporal powers
- July 25, 2012
- New book by Petrovic defines relationship between Islam and government in Muslim states
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In his new book, Islam and Temporal Power, social sciences lecturer Bojan Petrovic seeks to define the relationship between
Islamic religion and state powers in predominantly Muslim countries. Dating as far
back as the seventh century, he provides a historical review of the greatly varied
role religion has played in administrative and judicial governance. He explains that
social, economic and political conditions largely dictate how closely - if at all
- religion and state powers are linked, leaving room for the prospect of representative
forms of government in a majority-Muslim state.
Petrovic is a social sciences and international studies lecturer at UCI who teaches
courses on the Middle East. He received his Ph.D. in political science at UCI.
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