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Egypt, 1925: the Muslim world is in turmoil over Mustapha Kamal Ataturk's proposed abolition of the caliphate in Turkey. The tension surrounding Islam and politics re-ignites as traditional political systems dissolve under pressure from European powers and most Muslim countries lose their sovereignty. Into this debate enters Ali Abdel Razek, a religious cleric trained at Al-Azhar University, arguing in favour of secularism in his essay 'Islam and the Foundations of Political Power', translated here for the first time. This edition includes a contextualising introduction, Razek's original footnotes and new explanatory notes, additional notes about particular people, events and vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to modern readers, and an appendix with a list of Razek's sources and their full publication details.

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'It is somewhat astonishing that Ali Abdel Raziq's Al-Islam Wa Usul Al-Hukm, one of the most discussed and most significant books of early twentieth-century Egyptian, Arab, and Islamic intellectual history, should have gone so long without a translation into English. Its appearance, in Edinburgh's 'In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers' series, is therefore especially welcome ... Filali-Ansari's introduction situates the work in its own context, particularly stressing its importance in sparking what might be seen as the first major 'public-opinion' controversy of modern Middle Eastern history.' -- James McDougall, Trinity College, Oxford, Journal of Islamic Studies

'It is somewhat astonishing that Ali Abdel Raziq's Al-Islam Wa Usul Al-Hukm, one of the most discussed and most significant books of early twentieth-century Egyptian, Arab, and Islamic intellectual history, should have gone so long without a translation into English. Its appearance, in Edinburgh's 'In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers' series, is therefore especially welcome...Filali-Ansari's introduction situates the work in its own context, particularly stressing its importance in sparking what might be seen as the first major 'public-opinion' controversy of modern Middle Eastern history.' --James McDougall, Trinity College, Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies

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Abdou Filali-Ansary is Director of the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations. Maryam Loutfi formally worked in the Ministry of Finance and Economy and is presently working in the area of Education.

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