Conceptualizing Power, Progress and Time: An essay on traditional Islam and Democracy in the Arab World

Author(s)	KECHIKECHE NABIL, Dr. Abdelmalek Essaadi
Country	Morocco
Abstract	This article considers the problematic amalgam of traditional Islam, modernity and democratization in the Arab world, as well as the effects on the configuration of recent progressive endeavours. I argue that the assimilation of democratic ethos - as a requisite for modernity - depends on the assimilation of power, time and progress, by the Umma or the community of Muslims. Drawing on the work of Wael B. Hallaq, on political and postmodern conceptual literature, I suggest that because of a conceptualization which draws mainly on traditional Islam, the Umma and the state in the Arab world remain in conflict while, at times, they appear to act collaboratively, either to embrace modernity or to obstruct democratization.
Keywords	Democracy, Modernity, Islam, Arab world
Field	Sociology > Politics
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April 2025
Published On	2025-04-30
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i02.36155
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9g74t

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