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The Islamic Welfare State: Muslim Charity, Human Security, and Government Legitimacy in Pakistan by Christopher Candland is a politics available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Islamic Welfare State: Muslim Charity, Human Security, and Government Legitimacy in Pakistan about?
The Islamic Welfare State explains the relationship between government legitimacy, everyday security, and lived Islam in Pakistan-a major Muslim-majority country. Its humanitarian spirit makes Islam a compelling, community-strengthening faith that motivates people to provide essential services to the needy, to foster moral sentiments that build social solidarity, and to thereby challenge the legitimacy of government with its focus on 'protecting Islam' and 'national security' rather than enhanci
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Christopher Candland
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781009268431
- Category
- politics
- Subjects
- Social Science, Political Science, Anthropology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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