غلف كتب عدلي الهواري: صور مصغّرة
Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Citizenship, Law and Rights
Dr. Adli Hawwari
In the following pages, I shall re-ask the fifteen overarching questions, and restate the marks given by the twenty-four assessors and six experts. I shall then give my assessment of the extent of change during 2011-2019.
1. Citizenship, Law and Rights
1.1. Nationhood and Citizenship
Q1S: (…)
Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Conclusions
Dr. Adli Hawwari
In this concluding chapter, I examine why democracy has failed to take root in Jordan to date. I will outline several reasons often cited to explain the failure, and scrutinize the plausibility and limitations of each. I will then identify the reason that I consider the most plausible. (…)
Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Epilogue
Dr. Adli Hawwari
In the conclusions of the original democratic audit, I offered several possible explanations as to why democracy did not take root in Jordan. Did anything happen since then to make me reconsider my previous assessment in this regard? The brief answer is ‘no’. The Syrian crisis made it easier for (…)
Jordan: A Democratic Audit
Bibliography
Dr. Adli Hawwari
Abu Azzam, S. 2016. Taqyeem Nizam al-Nazah al-Watani fi al-Urdun [A Review of the National Integrity System in Jordan]. Amman: Rashid-Transparency International.
Abu Khalil, A. 2010. Al-Māl al-Siyāssī fī al-Urdun Yakhlu min al-Siyāssa [Political Money in Jordan is Without Politics]. Al-Arab (…)
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Copyright
Dr. Adli Hawwari
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan, 1989-2019
A Critical Reexamination of the Incompatibility Paradigm
Adli Hawwari
2020
First published in the United Kingdom 2020 by Ud al-Nad Ltd
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Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Table of Contents
Dr. Adli Hawwari
The initial stage of change was promising. It produced an assertive House of Deputies (HoD). Thirty years later, the governments in Jordan are still formed and dismissed at the discretion of the king. The basic freedoms are restricted. People are punished for exercising them.
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Preface
Dr. Adli Hawwari
Although there was a promising start in 1989, it did not lead to further democratization in the country. Thirty years after the ‘resumption of our democratic life’, Jordan cannot be considered a democratic country.
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Glossary and
Dr. Adli Hawwari
Glossary
Ᾱya = Qur’anic verse; plural: āyāt
Ba‛th = Revival; renewal; renaissance
Bay‛a = Endorsement; mandate; pledge of allegiance
Fatwa = Reasoned opinion or judgment based on Islamic teachings or their interpretations
Fiqh = Generally: Comprehension; knowledge. Specifically: (…)
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Theories of Democracy
Dr. Adli Hawwari
This chapter outlines various democratic theories to outline the debates about the definitions of democracy and to identify the theories that inform this book.
‘A theory,’ as defined by Brewer (2000, p. 192), ‘is a set of interrelated abstract propositions about human affairs and the social (…)
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Islam and Democracy
Dr. Adli Hawwari
This chapter focuses on the claims of incompatibility between democracy and Islam. The religious justifications of the claims made by Muslims are examined. It is of particular importance to outline the procedure Muslim fuqaha use (or should use) before they can reach the conclusion that this (…)
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Islamic Democracy?
Dr. Adli Hawwari
Having discussed the claims of incompatibility made by Muslims, I shall discuss Esposito and Voll’s arguments concerning Islamic democracy, whose elements, they suggest, include shura (which I discussed), tawhid, and the caliphate (1996, pp. 21-32).
Tawhid
The importance of tawhid is (…)
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Islamism and Democracy
Dr. Adli Hawwari
In this chapter, I continue the discussion of the incompatibility of Islam, Islamism and democracy.
In an attempt to be less sweeping in making the claim that Islam is incompatible with democracy, certain scholars felt conscious of the need to make a distinction between Islam, the religion, (…)
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Jordan: History and Political System
Dr. Adli Hawwari
This chapter consists of five parts. One will focus briefly on the modern history of Jordan. Another focuses on the political system in Jordan, particularly its branches of government. The third part is concerned with the role of Islam in the state. The fourth is about the economy. The fifth (…)
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Jordanian MB and IAF
Dr. Adli Hawwari
This chapter has three parts. The first provides an overview of the MB and its founder Hassan al-Banna. The second part focuses on Jordan’s MB since its creation in 1945. The third part is concerned with IAF, the party formed by the MB in 1992.
PART 1: THE MB IN EGYPT
The founder of the MB (…)
Controlled Democratisation: Democracy and Islam in Jordan
Conclusion
Dr. Adli Hawwari
The conclusion of this book is that there is no theoretical incompatibility between democracy and Islam/ism.
During the period of 1990-2010, there have been frequent references in Jordan to a ‘democratic process’. If one is to assume that the king and people of Jordan strictly follow Islam’s (…)
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