Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam steps beyond the limitations of the traditional scholarly framework used to evaluate the politics of Islamic societies, and assembles a selection from the best available English-language writings on a matter of central importance in Islamic precepts: peace (salam) and conflict resolution. The writings present diverse Muslim views on the nature of peace and the processes of conflict resolution, giving expression to a range of syntheses or 'paradigms' of Islamic precept and practice, including power politics, world order, nonviolence, and transformation of consciousness and character (Sufism). Attention is given to both the diversity and the underlying points of unity among Islamic perspectives on peace, which accentuate, variously, an absence of war, a presence of justice, and ecological harmony.
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction: Islamic Approaches to Peace and Conflict Resolution Chapter 3 Power Politics in Islam- Peace through Coercive Power (Siyasat al-Quwwah): Chapter 4 Theory of the State Chapter 5 Foundations and Purposes of Political Authority Chapter 6 The Ottaman Jihad Fatwa of November 11th, 1914 Chapter 7 World Order in Islam- Peace through the Power of Law and Institutions (Islah and Tajdid): Chapter 8 Islamic Jurisprudence and Modern Needs: The Challenge of Renewal Chapter 9 Islam as an Ethical Tradition of International Relations Chapter 10 Islamic Ethics in International Society Chapter 11 Conflict Resolution Approaches- Western and Middle Eastern Lessons and Possibilities: Chapter 12 An Islamic Model for Political Conflict Resolution: Tahkim (Arbitration) Chapter 13 Rituals of Reconciliation: Arab-Islamic Perspectives Chapter 14 Nonviolence in Islam- Peace through the Power of the Human Spirit (La 'unf): Chapter 15 The Nonviolent Crescent: Eight Theses on Muslim Nonviolent Action Chapter 16 Nonviolence, Ethics, and Character Development in Islam Chapter 17 Nonviolence in Islam: The Alternative Community Tradition Chapter 18 Transformation in Islam- Peace Through the Power of Love (Tasawwuf ): Chapter 19 Peace in the Sufi Tradition: An Ecology of the Spirit Chapter 20 The Inner Jihad Chapter 21 Peace and the Feminine in Islam
