Democray in Jordan

المقالات

• Islamism and Democracy
  
  

  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, and the actions of some Muslims. This is apparent in an argument by Diamond, Liz, and Lipset (1988, p. 174):
  What we are witnessing is the transition from a relatively tolerant and open kind of Islam (…)

• Copyright
  
  

  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
  Copyright © Adli Hawwari, 2020
  All rights reserved
  Printed in the United Kingdom
  Adli Hawwari has asserted his right under the Copy, Design and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
  ISBN: 978-1-911431-03-9

• Jordanian MB and IAF
  
  

  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 is Hassan al-Banna, who was born in 1906 in the Egyptian town of al-Mahmūdiyya, where he received his elementary and secondary education. He was a bright student, and managed to be fifth amongst the (…)

• Bibliography
  
  

  Abd al-Kathem, A. 1997. Al-Sīra al-Tārīkhiyya li Jama‛at al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn [A Historical Account of the Muslim Brothers Society. In: Hourani, H. et al. Al-Harakāt wa al-Tanzimāt al-Islamiyya fī al-Urdun [Islamic Movements and Organisations in Jordan]. Amman: al-Urdun al-Jadid Research Centre, pp. 15-42.
  Abou El Fadl, K. 2004. Islam and the Challenge of Democracy. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  Abu al-Majd, A. K. 2006. Hiwar la Muwajaha [Dialogue not Confrontation]. Cairo: Dar (…)

• Table of Contents
  
  

  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.
  Preface
  Author’s Notes
  Glossary
  Acronyms and Abbreviations
  List of Interviews
  Theories of Democracy
  Islam and Democracy
  Islamic Democracy?
  Islamism and Democracy
  Jordan: History and Political System (…)

• Jordan: History and Political System
  
  

  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 part outlines the Palestinian connection in Jordan’s history and politics.
  PART 1: HISTORY OF JORDAN
  The modern history of Jordan is related to the downfall of the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent (…)

• Islamic Democracy?
  
  

  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 encapsulated in the first pillar of Islam: the statement that ‘there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger’. This principle does not accept the notion that there are other Gods, or that God has (…)

• Conclusion
  
  

  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 teachings, and these stipulate that Islam is incompatible with democracy, the king would refrain from calling the process ‘democratic’. Similarly, the people in Jordan would refrain from engaging in (…)

• Islam and Democracy
  
  

  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 action or that notion is haram, i.e., forbidden by Islam, or incompatible with it.
  Islam is a religion(1) which emanated in the cities of Mecca and Medina in what is currently known as the Kingdom of (…)

• Theories of Democracy
  
  

  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 world that explain their regularities and properties’. He also explains that theories are not ‘descriptive statements’ (p. 192). Miles and Huberman (1994, p. 18) note that the role of the theoretical (…)