Maqasid-based good governance in theory and practice: the case of the Arab Spring in Egypt

• Main Authors: Salim, Toha, Akhmetova, Elmira
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: BP173.5 Islam and world politics; BP173.6 Islam and the state; BP173.63 Islam and civil society; BP173.7 Islam and politics; HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; JA Political science (General); JC Political theory; JF1338 Public administration; JF799 Political rights. Political participation
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/57393/2/Maqasidi%20Based%20Good%20Governance.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57393/26/57393_Maqasid%20abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57393/; http://www3.iium.edu.my/irkhs/icij2017/

This paper is an attempt to discuss the topic of good governance in Islam as a part of the main objectives of the Shari’ah by studying the case of the Arab Spring in Egypt. It addresses the historical and ideological roots behind various issues which led to the failure of the Islamists in Egypt in e...