Global Governance and Muslim Organizations

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There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, represented on the world stage by 57 states, as well as a host of international organizations and associations. This book critically examines the engagement of these states in systems of global governance and with a variety of policy regimes, including climate change, energy, migration, humanitarian aid, international financial institutions, research and education. Chapters explore the dynamics of this engagement, the contributions to global order, the interests pursued and some of the contradictions and tensions within the Islamic world, and between that world and the ‘West’. An in-depth perspective is provided about the traditional and new forms of multilateralism and the policy spaces formed which provide new opportunities for the Muslim and non-Muslim world alike. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Global Governance and Muslim Organizations: Introduction (Leslie A. Pal, M. Evren Tok)....Pages 1-43 Reforming Governance in Muslim-Majority States: Promoting Values or Protecting Stability? (Leslie A. Pal)....Pages 45-82 Philosophical and Historical Origins and Genesis of Islamic Global Governance (Eugenie A. Samier)....Pages 83-104 Islamic Legitimacy Still Matters: The Rule of Law and Governance in Contemporary Arab Muslim-Majority States (David Mednicoff)....Pages 105-129 Global Governance and the Informal Nature of Islamic Development Assistance: The Peculiar Case of Gulf States (M. Evren Tok, Cristina D’Alessandro)....Pages 131-147 Islamic Charities and Global Governance (Mohamed Abdulfatah)....Pages 149-169 The OIC and the Paris 2015 Climate Change Agreement: Islam and the Environment (Joseph J. Kaminski)....Pages 171-195 Global Environmental Governance and the GCC: Setting the Agenda for Climate Change and Energy Security (S. Duygu Sever, M. Evren Tok, Cristina D’Alessandro)....Pages 197-227 Scaling Up Research Governance: From Exceptionalism to Fragmentation (Bruce Currie-Alder)....Pages 229-249 Governance and Education in Muslim-Majority States (Ahmed Baghdady)....Pages 251-266 Can the Sharī’ah Be Compatible with Global Governance? Islamic Financial Institutions as a Laboratory for Conceptual Analysis (Mesut Idriz, Joseph J. Kaminski)....Pages 267-287 Global Governance: Is There a Role for Islamic Economics and Finance? (Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou)....Pages 289-314 The Muslim World in Cyberia: Prospects for E-Governance and Digital Capacity Building (Danial Yusof)....Pages 315-338 Global Governance and Labour Migration in the GCC (Ray Jureidini)....Pages 339-364 Conclusions (M. Evren Tok, Leslie A. Pal)....Pages 365-373 Back Matter ....Pages 375-388